Persian Antiquities

Antique Persian earthenware blue glazed standing oil lamp adorned with various motifs in the glaze

A rectangular polychrome moulded tile depicting an equestrian falconer on a cobalt blue ground with birds and floral border and landscape.

19th century, Hindu/Persian dagger, made from steel and bronze.

19th century oil on board of a Blacksmith Of rectangular form, the papier Mache and ebonised cover is finely painted, covered in flowers and a circular motif to the central section...

A superb example of an ancient Persian gold daric. Minted by the Achaemenid Empire, under King

gold darics of the Persian Empire were not only one of the very first coin types but they were amongst

Antique Persian travel mirror, intarsia work, dancing people, 19th century. Measures: 35 cm. x 26

clairvoyance in Classical and Christian Antiquity. The Persian whistle of Il Guercino is in the Capitoline

collection. The Sasanian Empire (/səˈsɑːnɪən/ or /səˈseɪnɪən/), (Persian: ساسانیان) also known as Sassanian

at the Time of the Persian Empire." This map is particularly interesting for several reasons: 1

Moroccan Moorish Persian Inlaid Micro Mosaic Backgammon and Chess Board. Intricately inlaid handcrafted Moorish Persian backgammon and chess checker game box. Handcrafted beautiful M...

Exquisite and timeless, behold this captivating framed decorative panel hailing from the illustrious Qajar period in Iran. Crafted with utmost finesse, the panel boasts a splendid mo...

Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...

Hand painted Iranian vase from the 19th Century made of pottery with high gloss glaze. The lucite box is included with the vase. Measurements of just the vase 10.5 inches H x 8 inche...

This Han dynasty horse sculpture adopts the standard funerary pose of a neighing steed with its mouth open. It is fired without glaze, leaving the clay body exposed, and holes indica...

An earthenware bowl supported on a foot ring decorated with elaborate slip paint. The bowl was likely made in Kashan (in nowadays Iran) during 12-14th century, in Khwarazmian Empire,...

Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...

It is made from a fairly high-fired reddish pottery and coated in a particularly attractive glossy thick streaky green and finely-crackled glaze, the colour of which varies according...

Exceptional tile all hand-painted and glazed with beautiful scenery of birds flying between colorful vines and flowers on a cream color background. Could hang on the wall. Great obj...

A Chinese blue and white Kraak plate, the central roundel depicting birds and floral design in a waterside, the rim with panels enclosing foliage and decorative objects. Period: Lat...

Large rare vase painted with petal-shaped panels of 'Flowers' pattern. Decorated in underglaze blue with flower blooms borne on leafy stems. Period : Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period Pro...

Beneath the soft grayish-green glaze, incised lotus design emerges. The surface is adorned with flowing lines depicting lotus flowers and leaves, rendered in a refined carving techni...

An important Islamic Khurasan bronze and silver-inlaid inkwell & cover, Eastern Persia, Circa 1200. The inkwell of cylindrical form and having a shallow dome top cover with a tall kn...

An Antique Roman Byzantine style bronze oil lamp with elaborate open work handle with pierced palm frond and swan neck handle, with pear form body, and circular wick mouth, centered ...

Viceroyalty of Peru, Lima, 18th century, circa 1720-1760 Each with a moulded giltwood cornice and on a foliate carved giltwood base, possibly later and English. The cabinets, with s...

An incredibly rare 18th Century monumental palace size Ottoman Islamic astrolabe on an easel stand, Turkey, circa 1720. This rare palace size Astrolabe on stand is in two sections, t...