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Dervish Sufi

Antique Print of a Dervish or Darwish, a Member of a Sufi Fraternity 'Tariqah'
Antique Print of a Dervish or Darwish, a Member of a Sufi Fraternity 'Tariqah'

Antique Print of a Dervish or Darwish, a Member of a Sufi Fraternity 'Tariqah'

Located in Langweer, NL

Untitled print of a barefoot wandering dervish. Dervish or darwish in Islam can refer broadly to members of a Sufi fraternity (tariqah), or more narrowly to a religious mendicant, wh...

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Antique 17th Century Prints

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Paper

Whirling Dervish, Indian Dervish, and Turkish Devotion – Engraving, 1723
Whirling Dervish, Indian Dervish, and Turkish Devotion – Engraving, 1723

Whirling Dervish, Indian Dervish, and Turkish Devotion – Engraving, 1723

Located in Langweer, NL

In the upper left, we see a “Dervich ou Moine Turc qui tourne par devotion” — a whirling dervish performing the Sufi turning ritual. His calm expression and raised arm indicate spiri...

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Antique 1730s Prints

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Paper

Signed Hereke Silk Rug, Sufi Figure & Animal Roundels, Calligraphy, - 1N137
Signed Hereke Silk Rug, Sufi Figure & Animal Roundels, Calligraphy, - 1N137

Signed Hereke Silk Rug, Sufi Figure & Animal Roundels, Calligraphy, - 1N137

Located in Bordeaux, FR

The Sufi figure with deer is one of the most resonant subjects in the Persian and Turkish figurative rug tradition — the dervish or mystic in the paradise garden, accompanied by a ta...

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Vintage 1970s French Western European Rugs

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Silk

Rare Islamic 19th Century Dervish Begging Enamel Bowl from Kashmir
Rare Islamic 19th Century Dervish Begging Enamel Bowl from Kashmir

Rare Islamic 19th Century Dervish Begging Enamel Bowl from Kashmir

Located in Nottingham, GB

Traditionally carried by Sufi dervishes as alms bowls, kashkuls symbolised humility, spiritual detachment, and the renunciation of worldly possessions.

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Antique Late 19th Century Metalwork

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Copper, Enamel

Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze "Whirling Dervish" by Franz Bergman
Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze "Whirling Dervish" by Franz Bergman

Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze "Whirling Dervish" by Franz Bergman

Located in London, GB

His focus is on the universal values of love and service, deserting the illusions of ego to reach God. In most Sufi orders, a dervish is known to practice dhikr through physical exer...

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Late Victorian Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Habit of a Dervish of India, 1700 – Hand-Colored Costume Engraving
Habit of a Dervish of India, 1700 – Hand-Colored Costume Engraving

Habit of a Dervish of India, 1700 – Hand-Colored Costume Engraving

Located in Langweer, NL

This composition captures both the spiritual and performative identity of the Dervish, a figure associated with Sufi mysticism, ascetic devotion, and ritual movement.

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Antique Mid-18th Century British Prints

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Paper

Islamic Sufi Ritual Print The Tschillé and the Dausa, 1863 Dutch Lithograph
Islamic Sufi Ritual Print The Tschillé and the Dausa, 1863 Dutch Lithograph

Islamic Sufi Ritual Print The Tschillé and the Dausa, 1863 Dutch Lithograph

Located in Langweer, NL

The setting is a plain, wooden-floored cell-like room, stripped of distractions, capturing the ascetic atmosphere of a Sufi retreat where dervishes seek inner purification through si...

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Antique 1860s Prints

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Paper

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Qajar Coco De Mer Sufi Dervish Kashkul, Persia, 19th Century
Qajar Coco De Mer Sufi Dervish Kashkul, Persia, 19th Century

Qajar Coco De Mer Sufi Dervish Kashkul, Persia, 19th Century

Located in London, by appointment only

A fine 19th century Persian Kashkul or 'begging bowl' fashioned from half a coco de mer nut and suspended with chains. The sides with flowing foliate borders and sacred figurative sc...

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Antique Early 19th Century More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

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Coconut

Elaborately Carved Antique Beggar's Bowl Kashkul
Elaborately Carved Antique Beggar's Bowl Kashkul

Elaborately Carved Antique Beggar's Bowl Kashkul

Located in Atlanta, GA

Kashkul is a container known as the beggar's bowl, carried by wandering Dervishes, member of the Sufi sect of Islam and used to collect alms.

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Antique Late 18th Century Persian Islamic Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Large Oil Painting of A Dervish Man Rudolf Ernst
Large Oil Painting of A Dervish Man Rudolf Ernst

Large Oil Painting of A Dervish Man Rudolf Ernst

By Rudolf Ernst

Located in New York, NY

Framed: 90.8 by 81.5cm., 35¾ by 32in. Dervishes in Islam were members of a Sufi fraternity, religious mendicants who chose or accepted material poverty.

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Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

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