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Jansenist crucifix in wood. Height: 44 cm (wear, missing parts)

Jewish liturgical element (?) in brass. 20 cm

Crucifix 18th century: Christ in carved ivory on a polychromed wooden cross, total height: 57, L: 21 cm

Salvador Dali (1904-1989): Sculpture, bronze with medallic patina, Christ of St. John, on black marble base, signed on the terrace and numbered 62/1000, H overall: 49 cm

Tue 04 Jun

An Italian embroidered velvet joined orphrey panel, First half 17th century, With six oval reserves worked in silk and metal thread depicting Biblical figures including Mary and Joseph with the Christ Child on a donkey, possibly St Jude or St Matthew, St Paul, the Coronation of the Virgin, and St James of Compostela, on a crimson ground with applied repeating motifs of flowering urns and foliate scrolls, later framed, 254 x 22.2cm

Tue 04 Jun

An incomplete Italian embroidered orphrey panel, First half 17th century, The central panel worked in silk and metal thread on a red satin ground, with three roundels depicting Biblical figures, comprising the Virgin Mary with Christ Child, and St Peter and St Francis, linked by foliate scrollwork, mounted on later red velvet, later framed, 121.3 x 29.7cm

Tue 04 Jun

An incomplete Italian embroidered orphrey panel, 16th century, With five reserves worked in silk and metal thread depicting five scenes of the life of Jesus Christ, comprising the Last Supper, His arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane, the blindfolding of Christ, His trial before the Sanhedrin, and the Crucifixion, later framed, 119.5 x 18.5cm

Tue 04 Jun

Head of Christ in bronze with a medallic patina, the elongated face wearing a beard and eyes closed. Romanesque style. Mounted on a black-veined green marble base. Height: 26 cm (without base).

Tue 04 Jun

Brass OFFERING PLAT decorated with a central, partially faded scene depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Stylized border highlighted with fillets. 16th century. Diam.40.5.

Tue 04 Jun

EMBROIDERY and painting on silk decorated with an antique scene in a cartouche. 18th century 37 x 45 cm view

Tue 04 Jun

Crucifix

Tue 04 Jun

Red velvet BANNER embroidered with a figure of a martyred saint and the inscription "paroisse d'Agen". 19th century 130 x 99 cm Insolate

Tue 04 Jun

17th or 19th century Carved stone angel head H. 12 cm Minor accidents

Broderie de soie - Antique silk embroidery (circa 17th/18th century) depicting Christ with the three Apostles asleep in the Garden of Gethsemane, in a circular wooden frame Diam: 27 cm

Tue 04 Jun

Registo - Record in fabric embroidered with metallic thread with cast metal appliqué and glass inlays. Signs of handling and defects. Dim. 26 x 16 cm.

Wed 05 Jun

Ernst Barlach - Ernst Barlach Mask of Christ I 1931 Bronze. Height 16.3 cm. Signed below the chin 'E. Barlach' and with the foundry mark "H.NOACK BERLIN". One of 15 unnumbered examples. Cast after 1938 - With dark, partly greenish shimmering patina, isolated traces of oxidation. Schult 375; Laur II 476 Provenance Klinkhamer auction house, Groningen (2023); private collection, Netherlands Literature Cf. Horn Foundation and Collection (exhib. cat. Schleswig Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf), Schleswig 1995, cat. No. 121; Ernst Barlach. Werk und Werkentwürfe aus fünf Jahrzehnten (exhib. cat. Altes Museum Berlin), Berlin 1981, cat. No. 71 The mask with portrait-like features of the artist served Barlach in 1931 as a design for the single figure "Teaching Christ".

Wed 05 Jun

Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (1827 - 1875) Christ crucified Bronze proof signed on the perizonium Height: 30.4 cm

Wed 05 Jun

Semainier bracelet in filigree 18K yellow gold adorned with eight pendants, including a banana, a Pluto, a photo reliquary, a cross pendant... Gross weight: 26.7 g. (small dents on the reliquary).

Wed 05 Jun

Three-tone gold religious medal of scalloped form, centered on an applied ciborium in a rocaille setting. Figured and dated on the reverse. Weight: 2.5 g. H. 3.3 cm.

Wed 05 Jun

Silver Hanukkah Menorah, Germany - 800 silver Hanukkah Menorah with a musical box, Germany. Back decorated with pair of lions, Torah crown and the Tablets of Stone. Stands on 4 legs. Height: 23 cm. Total weight: 1007 grams. Hallmarked.

Wed 05 Jun

Silver Judaica Items - Lot of 7 silver Judaica items, various origins including Israel. Consisting pair of Torah finials, two Hanukkah Menorahs, spice (Besamim) tower, oil jug and more. Decorated with filigree, Star of David and Hebrew inscriptions. Height/length: 6-24 cm. Total weight: 607 grams. Various conditions, minor flaws to some, missing two bells. Hallmarked.

Wed 05 Jun

Silver Torah Shield, Austro-Hungary - Silver Torah shield, Austro-Hungary, circa 1900. Decorated with reliefs of lions holding the Tablets of Stone, crown and floral motifs. With a silver hanging chain. Length: 40 cm. Weight: 784 grams. Hallmarked. Minor flaws.

Wed 05 Jun

Silver Torah Shield - Sterling silver Torah shield, probably American. Decorated with reliefs of lions holding the Tablets of Stone, crown and floral motifs. With a silver hanging chain. Length: 32 cm. Weight: 385 grams. Hallmarked.

Wed 05 Jun

Silver Torah Pointers (Yad) - Lot of 2 silver Torah pointers (Yad), one is Bezalel style decorated with filigree and other is North African, first half of the 20th century. Length: 15.5-27 cm. Total weight: 90 grams. One bears a dedication, other bears name engraved. Unsigned, silver tested. Minute dents to one Yad.

Wed 05 Jun

Silver Torah Crown - Sterling silver Torah crown, probably American. Decorated with openwork and reliefs of floral motifs and Stars of David. Height: 36 cm. Weight: 657 grams. Hallmarked.

Wed 05 Jun

Silver Torah Finials, Morocco/Algeria - Pair of silver Torah finials, probably Morocco/Algeria, circa 1900. Decorated with openwork, engraving and reliefs of floral motifs. Handles are made of silver plated metal, (the original handles were possibly broken and replaced over the years). Length: 48 cm. Total weight: 1303 grams. Unsigned, silver tested. Minute flaws.

Thu 06 Jun

BOUCHARDON, dans le goût de - Christ in finely chased gilt bronze. 18th century period. Height : 50 cm

Fri 07 Jun

Reliquary cross in silver and silver-gilt, composed of several assembled and soldered parts: hexalobed base, molded bands, stem sections, node in the shape of a very flattened sphere with six bosses. The base is divided into six lobed, undecorated petals. A chased frieze runs along the molded edge. The six protruding bosses of the node each bear a small floret; alternating and protruding engraved leaves. The cross, with its poly-lobed ends, is engraved on one side with the attributes of the four evangelists (St. Mark's lion, St. Luke's bull, St. Matthew's man and St. John's eagle), while the branches of the cross are engraved with leafy branches; in the center of the cross, on a hinged part, is Christ on the cross. On the other side, fleurons in trilobes, the branches engraved CN:ES / IN:CRUCEM. In the center, a crystal plate closes the reliquary. Probably Mechelen, second half of the 15th century (before 1489). Weight : 279 g H. 26 cm The three pre-1489 works of Malines goldsmiths known to exist bear only two hallmarks: firstly, that of the city, represented by the three-pal shield of the city of Malines, set on an episcopal crozier, the scroll of which is turned to the right, identical for each of them; secondly, that of the goldsmith, chosen by him, which is different for each of these three works, but there is no decanate letter. The three oldest items are two chalices and a cruet: -Green porphyry cruet with gilt mount, by Siger van Steynemolen, circa 1470, h. 0.15. Inv: 627-1868, Victoria & Albert Museum, London. -Gilt chalice, third quarter of XV. century, h. 0.18. Church of Fologne (prov. Limburg). -Gilt chalice, third quarter of XVth century, h. 0.163. Church of N. D. de Montaigu church. This last chalice shows striking stylistic similarities with the cross shown here, the foot and knot differing only slightly. Bibliography : - G. VAN DOORSLAER, La corporation et les ouvrages des orfèvres malinois, de Sikkel, Antwerp, 1935.

Fri 07 Jun

Auguste Eugène Rubin (1841-1909) Blessing angel Bronze with silver and gold patina H. 37 cm, total H. 46 cm with modern base Oxidation Provenance: Chapelle du château de Randan Auguste Rubin trained with his brother Hippolyte Rubin before joining Auguste Bartholdi's studio. From 1877 to 1905, he exhibited mainly portraits at the Salon.

Fri 07 Jun

Christ in bronze, head tilted over the right shoulder, crowned with a crown, submammary ribs, long perizonium with rounded ends and lateral falls, bent right leg and vertical left leg, superimposed feet. 14th century. H.: 16.5 cm - W.: 8.8 cm. Wear, some oxidation

Fri 07 Jun

Cast bronze Christ. 15th c. 16 x 16 cm

Sat 08 Jun

Holy water vessel, 750 silver, Austria/Hungary, 1867-1872 Holy water vessel from Austrian/Hungarian production around 1867-1872 in 750 silver. Length: approx. 12.5 cm, width: approx. 7.9 cm; diameter of vessel: approx. 5 cm. Weight: approx. 64.7 g. With pressure marks, minimally deformed, otherwise in very good condition.

Sat 08 Jun

CHASUBLE BACK in brocaded velvet embroidered with silver and gold metallic thread, decorated with floral motifs. 18th century FRENCH work. 115 x 115 cm

Sat 08 Jun

950/°° silver and vermeil church ciboire with cross-shaped fretel lid and silver-plated bronze base. Height : 22 cm Gross weight : 532 g It is presented in its blackened wood base and glass globe.

Sat 08 Jun

(RELIGIOSA) Lot de gravures et oeuvres sur papier comprenant : - - School of the first half of the 19th century, a pencil drawing heightened with ceruse white depicting a maternity, signed GALLIO, 65x47cm - A prayer on Immortality dated 1827 on rag paper with a caligram featuring the Christ-like fish, 43x26cm - A papal benefice from Pope Benedict XV dated August 14, 1919 to Monsieur Daoud Nohmé and signed with a photograph of the pontiff by G.FELICI in Rome, 33x23cm Dusty and wet

Sun 09 Jun

158 Reliquary crucifix in patinated bronze and chased and gilded bronze, the removable cross concealing relics. 19th century 26 x 16 cm

Sun 09 Jun

213 Carved alabaster stoup decorated with the Virgin and Child in a mandorla, angels and scrolls on a lacquered, carved and gilded wood niche. 18th century (a few accidents and missing pieces) Size with frame: 49 x 30 cm

Sun 09 Jun

CRUCIFIX TABLE with Christ in carved ivory and carved and gilded wood frame with scrolls and foliage. Monogrammed J. V. on the perizonium. Late 17th/18th century Christ : H. 31 cm L. 26 cm. A CITES certificate will be given to the purchaser.

Mon 10 Jun

Jerusalemer Standkreuz - Jerusalem cross 18th/19th century olive wood with inlays of bone and mother-of-pearl, partly engraved and blackened. Corpus Christi made of ivory, praying Mary carved from mother-of-pearl. Cross decorated with ornamental and floral motifs. On the base St. Thomas Aquinas with chalice and host, above his head a dove. H 50.5 cm. - Signs of age. Small areas of damage, loss and repair.

Blessing box, late 19th - early 20th century. Wood, metal and porcelain. Measurements: 10 x 8 cm (metal); 17 x 11 cm (wood). Blessing box with a central enamelled porcelain plaque representing the Virgin in prayer, contained in an ebonised wooden structure dotted with porcelain hemispheres. This structure is in turn bordered by a sogueada metalised structure with a cross-shaped top. The basin of the benditera is made of porcelain. Benditeras are utensils that contain a basin of holy water and are used to make the sign of the cross or to make the sign of the cross. They are a domestic version of the holy-water fonts found at the entrance to churches, evoking the water fountains traditionally found in the surroundings or inside religious and magical places. In popular domestic use, they are usually placed by the front door or in bedrooms and are used by their owners to make themselves holy when they go to bed or get up. They can be defined as small plates or slabs, usually oval, on which various motifs have been carved or moulded, and which are decorated overall. Their lower front part includes a shallow receptacle for holding holy water.

18TH CENTURY SCHOOL Crowned Christ in bronze with green-brown patina, perizonium tied on the right, head slightly bent and eyes closed. Intaglio mark (LVA?) H : 28 cm W : 26 cm

Wed 12 Jun

CHRIST in bronze with golden patina and dark patina representing him on a quadripod cross. Circa 1950. Height: 40 cm.

Wed 12 Jun

THREE FRAMES, one rectangular with a landscape composed of hair, various plants and materials representing a tomb marked "Yves ALLIOU mort le 28 janvier 1846", a medallion decorated with a cloth cross (height 28 cm) and a small reliquary medallion containing the supposed relics of Saint Donat, Saint Judith, Saint Rufin, Saint Gaultier, Saint Colomban, Saint Prosper... Height 14 cm. NAPOLEON III period.

Wed 12 Jun

Paire de panneaux de bois sculptés en bas relief - Pair of carved wood panels in gilded and polychromed bas-relief depicting a couple in front of a painted landscape. Antwerp work circa 1580/1600. Missing and worn patina. Dimensions: 42 cm x 24 cm and 41 cm x 26 cm

Wed 12 Jun

Corpus Christi en bois sculpté. - Corpus Christi in carved wood. Original patina with chips and wear. Flemish work from the late 17th century. Missing arms, left foot glued back together and accident to the right foot. Height : 28 cm

Wed 12 Jun

Paire de pique-cierges en noyer sculpté - Pair of walnut piccierges carved with rocaille motifs on tripod legs. Work of the 18th century. Height: 74 cm

Wed 12 Jun

Christ en calvaire sculpté en noyer. - Carved calvary Christ in walnut. The serpent surrounding a sphere and entablature with two claw feet and guilloche knots from 41-Tapissier. Flemish work from the 17th century. Height : 61 cm

Wed 12 Jun

Niche en chêne sculpté de pinacles - Oak niche carved with Gothic pinnacles and ogives with scrolls of epampers and foliage. Work of the 19th century. Dimensions: 58 cm x 39 cm x 21 cm A Madonna and Child (H: 28 cm) is included.

Wed 12 Jun

Calice en cuivre repoussé - CALICE in gold-plated repoussé copper, late 18th/early 19th century Height: 21 cm

Wed 12 Jun

NEVERS, 18th century. Large oval earthenware stoup topped by a shell with blue cross decoration. H. 37 cm. (broken, reglued, stapled).

Wed 12 Jun

Embossed and engraved brass offering dish with decorated medallion. Southern Germany, Nuremberg, High Period, 16th century. Diameter: 48.5 cm

Wed 12 Jun

A silver sconce-shaped stoup decorated with Christ surrounded by cherubs in frames of ribs and roses. The bowl, centered on a cherub, bears the same motifs. No hallmarks. Foreign work. 19th century Weight 97 g 14.5 x 9 cm

Wed 12 Jun

Silver scalloped stoup decorated with Saint Joseph and the Child surrounded by cherubs, in rib and rose frames. The bowl, centered on a cherub, bears the same motifs. No hallmarks. Foreign work. Weight 95 g 15 x 8.9 cm

Wed 12 Jun

Pericle Fazzini - Pericle Fazzini (Grottammare 1913-Rome 1987) Resurrection of Christ Bronze bas-relief 30.5x23 cm (with plexiglass support 33x15 cm) Signature and numbering "Pericle Fazzini 69/150"

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla siglos XIX-XX - Smooth chasuble in ochre damask. Central border with pinkish background decorated with scrolls, flowers and leaves in silver. This piece is framed by an appliqué embroidery decorated with leaves and silver scrolls, matching another embroidery of the same subject but repeated twice, which decorates the perimeter of the garment. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address.

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla siglos XVIII-XIX - Dark ochre damask chasuble decorated with vegetal motifs with some floral details in blue and green. Embroidered gallons in silver tone. Its obverse presents a later application in its upper half, in the center and on the left, of a fragment of another 18th century chasuble with different decoration to the one shown here. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address.

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla siglo XIX - Green silk damask chasuble decorated with large floral motifs. It has a central border embroidered in pink, silver and reddish tones on a greenish background. Embroidered braid in gold and silver. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address.

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla c. 1800/1840 - Chasuble with painted decoration of floral motifs on a plain green and ochre bicolor background forming vertical decorations. Spanish work from the first third of the XIX century, Ferdinand VII period. Embroidered stripes. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address.

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla, finales siglo XVIII - Chasuble with embroidered decoration of floral motifs in silk and damask on beige background. European work, possibly Spanish, from the first third of the last third of the 18th century, Carlos III or Carlos IV period. It presents on its obverse side two old interventions of textile consolidation. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla c. 1800 - Chasuble with embroidered decoration with flowers in silk and damask on green and beige background with floral motifs. European work, possibly Spanish, mid-eighteenth century. With golden braid. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address.

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla, España c. 1650 - Chasuble in red brocade decorated with vases of flowers with leaves and palmettes digitadas. Back central border in golden and reddish satin. Golden embroidered braids. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address.

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla, España c. 1700 - Chasuble in smooth dark green velvet, without decoration. Spanish work h. 1700. Somewhat later central border with floral and vegetal decoration, in green, on a background of the same shade. The embroidered stripes on the perimeter of the chasuble are older than those of the interior borders on the front and back. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address.

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla, España siglo XVII-XIX - Chasuble in plain velvet of vermilion shade, without decoration. Spanish work XVII-XIX centuries. Embroidered gold braid. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla, España (?) finales siglo XVII - Chasuble with embroidered decoration with fleurons, large bulbs, bouquets and leaves in openwork and matching parts, in shades of green on a pale golden background. Possibly Spanish work, from the 17th century. Embroidered gallons in silver and vermilion tones. Central borders on chest and back in reddish damask with vegetal and floral decorations. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address.

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla, España siglo XVII-XIX - Chasuble in plain velvet of vermilion shade, without decoration. Spanish work XVII-XIX centuries. Wide embroidered stripes in pale gold. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address.

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla de la orden de Alcántara. España h. 1700 - Chasuble in velvet smooth vermilion hue. Spanish work ca. 1700. Central borders on front and back in brocatel of the period with decorations of banded motifs and leaf motifs. Its reverse has in its lower part an embroidered shield in two shades of green that represents the Spanish Order of the Alcántara cavalry, perhaps added somewhat later in time. Embroidered gallons in gold. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address.

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla, España siglo XVII-XIX - Plain green velvet chasuble, without decoration. Spanish work XVII-XIX centuries. Embroidered in gold with vegetal motifs. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address.

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla. España, siglo XVIII - Chasuble in velvet, satin, silk and taffeta with floral motifs on a golden ocher background. It has two central borders applied on the chest and back. The back border has an embroidered heraldic coat of arms with a band of gules outlined in gold, which is directly related to the House of Infantado with its motto AVE MARIA. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address.

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla siglos XVIII-XIX - Satin, silk and taffeta chasuble with floral motifs on green background. It has a central strip applied with floral motifs. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address.

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla España, siglos XVII-XIX - Smooth velvet chasuble in reddish velvet, with decoration. Spanish work XVII-XIX centuries. Embroidered chevrons with checkered motifs. Central piece ca. 1600 produced in Spain or Italy. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address.

Wed 12 Jun

Casulla española h. 1620 - Chasuble in satin, silk and taffeta with floral motifs on yellow background with banded palmettes motifs, typical of around 1600/1620. It has a central trace of having had textile application, perhaps a heraldic motif. Piece of standard size. If you want to know specific measures, please write your request about this lot to our e-mail address.

Thu 13 Jun

Relicario oro amarillo - Locket in yellow gold. Interior with photograph. Back with date inscription. 34 x 30 cm.

Fri 14 Jun

Mosan bronze Christ with knotted perizonium. 15th century. Height: 14.5 cm

Fri 14 Jun

Embossed and stamped yellow copper offering plate featuring a paschal lamb. Holland, 17th century D. 42.5 cm JB-HL Small accidents

Fri 14 Jun

Jean DESPRES 800 thousandths silver gourmette link bracelet with hammered rectangular curvex center, clasp with eight safety pins. Signed at the tip and French master mark J - ciboire - D. Length : 23 cm - Weight : 86.00 g

Fri 14 Jun

Pocket watch in 18K yellow gold 750 thousandths with mechanical movement. - Round case, smooth bezel, gold cuvette, barley grain guilloché back with floral medallion centered on a coat of arms. - White enamel dial, black painted Roman and Arabic numerals, pear-shaped hands. Accompanied by a Lieutaud à Dié case with two winding keys and an 18K yellow gold key. Case numbered 44569, horsehead hallmark (1838 - 1919) and French master hallmark F - Ciboire - D. Hand-wound mechanical movement with key. Diameter: 45 mm - Gross weight with gold key: 66.38 g

Fri 14 Jun

7-branched Hanukkah candlestick, silver, mariage from various periods, central Torah hands with Russian hallmarks stamped 1878 84, rest later, h = 25.5 cm, total 276 g

Fri 14 Jun

Frammento di mattonella lajvardina Iran Ilkhanide, Kashan, XIII secolo Mis: 13.8 X h. 10 cm - Ending of a star-shaped tile, made of fritware body and originally eight-pointed, formed by two intersecting squares. The front moulded in slight relief, covered by blue glaze painted with small white graphemes and painted with a gilded plant and leaves with red outline. For a close related example see British Museum, Acc. No. 1878,1230.570.

Fri 14 Jun

Brocca Kashan a lustro Iran, tardo XII - inizio XIII secolo Mis: 14 X h. 17 cm - Pitcher made of siliceous body, resting on a disc foot, the globular body container and tall cylindrical neck slightly flared upwards. Single handle with thumb rest, now missing.The exterior painted in light lustre with figures within circular medallions on the shoulder and a grid of four rows of small overlapping squares containing small abstract elements. Restorations.

Fri 14 Jun

Ciotola Bamyan con decorazione incisaAsia Centrale, XII-XIII secolo Mis: 13.5 X h. 6.7 cm - Small slip painted terracotta bowl, the interior walls with incised decoration arranged within cartouches containing manganese-coloured roundels alternating with panels with a fish scale-like motif with green roundels.

Fri 14 Jun

Due mattonelle cuenca con decorazione geometrica Spagna, XVI secolo Mis: 27.7 X h. 27.5 cm - Two rectangular panels with specular decoration joined to form a single tile moulded with a 16-pointed lazo star that would be repeated on adjacent tiles to form the wall decoration (dado) of a building. The cuenca (or arista) technique is the heir to the cuerda seca method and prevents colours from mixing thanks to the raised edges that prevent colour from invading the neighbouring fields.

Fri 14 Jun

Mattonella persiana figurativa Iran, tardo XIX - inizio XX secoloMis: 24 X 24 cm - The front with polychrome decoration within black outline, depicting a young guy bearing a flask and a cup in his hands, standing amidst flowering trees.

Fri 14 Jun

Mattonella a lustro Kashan Iran, tardo XIII secolo Mis: 29.2 X h. 35 cm - Rectangular panel in moulded siliceous paste with phytomorphic and zoomorphic decorations in relief and painted in light lustre.Originally part of a larger frieze, the panel consists of two borders decorated with half palmettes in reserve on lustre and painted in lustre with small spirals and shoots. The central band is decorated with a fight between an elephant and a feline between plant racemes and birds. The tile is heavily restored, but retains the original traces of cobalt blue and turquoise underneath. Plaques of this type were produced in the kilns of Kashan to adorn shrines and palaces of high Ilkhanid patrons. The subjects are often taken from literature, but also, as might be the case here, from bestiaries.

Fri 14 Jun

Grande bacile safavide in ceramica bianco e blu Iran, XVII secolo Mis: 28 X h. 14.5 cm - Resting on a slightly flared circular foot and shoulder terminating in a straight edge. The exterior with decoration outlined in black and coloured with cobalt blue underneath, painted with vertical lobed panels containing birds among flowers interspersed with smaller panels with abstract decoration. The upper inner border featuring a band containing birds in flight over a lake landscape and a central roundel with two fawns among plants.Objects of this type had spread to Persia as an emulation of Chinese porcelain, which had penetrated into Iran with the pax mongolica and over the centuries Persianised with black outline and local subjects.

Fri 14 Jun

Grande teiera in rameAsia Centrale, XIX secolo Mis: 27 X h. 39.5 cm - Large embossed teapot, resting on foot, ribbed body, high splayed neck and domed cover terminating in a pine-shaped handle. Cast handle in the shape of a dragon with open jaws. The decoration, spread over the entire surface, consists of densely intertwined plant elements. Bezels of small turquoises and glass pastes in the upper area.

Fri 14 Jun

Versatoio in bronzo India, Deccan, inizio XVIII secolo Mis: 31.5 X h. 29 cm - Resting on a hexagonal base, the body is globular and slightly flattened, the handle in the form of a stylised dragon terminating in a hinge that joins it to the domed cover terminating in a bud-shaped grip. The surface is extensively decorated with a fish scale pattern and a net motif of small diamonds on spout and neck. The centre of both sides of the container decorated with a peacock within a drop-shaped reserve. Ewers of this shape are attributed by Zebrowski (Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India, Alexandria Press, 1997, p. 164 and 166) to Northern India or the Deccan. Our specimen seems to relate more to the second attribution, given its decorative similarities to the coeval Bidri manufacture.Such items were used by the Muslim community to pour water for ritual ablutions and is therefore a type frequently found in India after the Islamic conquest of some of its territories.

Fri 14 Jun

Versatoio in bronzo India, XIX secolo Mis: 23 X h. 29 cm - Resting on a disc, the globular, ribbed body, cylindrical neck and domed stopper. Spout in the form of a stylised dragon and scroll handle ending in a bird. Each rib of the container engraved with tall cypresses with leaves or featuring a chequered pattern.

Fri 14 Jun

Strumento in ferro e bronzo India, tardo XVIII secolo Mis: L. 39 cm - Sting with pointed ending and threaded base set into a zoomorphic element in the form of a makara head. Ribbed shaft and knotted connection to the finial. The shaft bears a barely legible punched inscription, perhaps interpretable with the date 1793.

Fri 14 Jun

Pennacchio di mandir in bronzo India, XVIII secolo Mis: h. 38 cm - Dark patina bronze casting with bell-shaped foot, hollow interior, and dome-shaped finial with double knot finial.

Fri 14 Jun

Candeliere zoomorfo in bronzo India Meridionale, XIX secolo Mis: 25 X h. 34.5 cm - Bronze casting with brown patina and central stem depicting a rampant lion resting its two front paws on the head of an elephant.

Fri 14 Jun

Due ritratti indiani India, XIX secolo Pigmenti opachi su carta Mis: 13.5 X h. 17 cm (con cornice 17 X h. 20.5 cm) - One depicting a seated man against a neutral background, probably originally part of a series depicting customs or crafts. The second depicts a woman in noble attire, seated on a floral carpet. The framing of the subject within a minimal setting betrays a photographic cut.

Fri 14 Jun

Due dipinti persiani Iran, XVI e inizio XX secolo Mis: 20.5 X h. 13 cm il più grande (cornice 27.5 X h. 22 cm il più grande) - One of folk production, depicting the darbar of a Shah in two narrative sequences. The other depicts a young woman standing against a neutral background decorated by plants and golden clouds. Short poetic inscription above the maiden's head.

Fri 14 Jun

Tre pagine illustrate da uno Shahnameh Kashmir, XIX secolo Mis: 10 X h. 20 cm (cornice: 25.5 X h. 35.5 cm ) - Ink and colours on paper, each page contains an illustration and four to six lines of Persian text penned in black ink and arranged in two columns bordered by red thread.

Fri 14 Jun

Tre pagine illustrate da uno Shahnameh Kashmir, XIX secolo Mis: 10 X h. 20 cm (cornice: 25.5 X h. 35.5 cm ) - Ink and colours on paper, each page contains an illustration and four to six lines of Persian text penned in black ink and arranged in two columns bordered by red thread.

Fri 14 Jun

Scrigno in bronzo India, XIX secolo Mis: 20.5 X h. 22.5 X p. 15 cm - Of rectangular shape, standing on four feet, the prism-shaped lid hinged at the back. The exterior engraved with birds with worms in their beaks and geometric rosettes within profiles containing plant motifs.

Fri 14 Jun

Stele jain in marmo policromo India, XIX secolo Mis: 11 X h. 15.2 cm - Sculpture colored with red, blue, green and gold depicting one of the tirthankaras seated in padmasana on a lotus-flower base and flanked by two attendants holding two capitals on which sit elephants watering the jina.

Fri 14 Jun

Grande Krishna Venugopala in bronzo India centro orientale, XIX secolo Mis: 11 X h. 31.2 cm - Bronze casting with dark patina depicting Krishna playing the flute (missing) standing, cross-legged, on a circular lotus-flower base.