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Red Afshar Sumak Salt Bag, Late 19th Century A central white diamond is highlighted in white cotton on this Afshar salt bag. Throughout the field, geometric scarab-like elements ar...

Antique Multi-Colored Anatolian Kilim Rug, Mid-19th Century This Reyhanli Kilim from the Kurdish region of Southeastern Anatolia is woven with a rainbow of colors. There are several distinct shades of blues, greens, reds and orange. Indeed, the red of this piece is quite special being derived from madder root rather than imported cochineal. Strangely enough, it seems to have been East Anatolian pieces such as this one that were first exported to the West...

Antique Handwoven Navajo Rug, Early 20th Century This scatter-sized Navajo rug with a design of linked diamonds in adjoining rows exemplifies the charm of Southwestern design. The m...

The geometric border of stars on yellow/gold makes a fascinating counterpoint to the field design of repeating curvilinear flowers.

Antique Turkish Angora Oushak Rug with Saffron Yellow Field, Late 19th Century A soft and glossy rug with a saffron yellow field which contrasts nicely with a soft blue border and a...

Cat Skeleton, Original Signed Contemporary Black and Pink Painting 12" x 9" x 0.75" (HxWxD) Acrylic on Canvas Hand-signed and dated by the artist. Finished with a gloss varnish. A black background allows the subject matter of this acrylic painting by artist Lindsay Hall, a cat skeleton, to stand out in stark contrast. An item in a cabinet of curiosities, this memento mori work serves as a pausing point to sit and reflect on the fleeting nature of life, both our own and the creatures around us. Pinks, purples, and oranges peek through the white of the articulated skeleton. These colors are usually associated with warmth and more cheery emotions, so their inclusion in this piece, which many would interpret as somber, is interesting. Ultimately, this work can be seen as a celebration of life and the enduring beauty of nature an appreciation for the anatomy that shapes our world. Artist Commentary: I painted this when I lived in Richmond, VA above an oddities shop. Being in such close proximity to various curiosities like taxidermied animals, preserved animal organs, coffins, and the like definitely kept my mind in the spooky mood all year round. The building itself was black and had a giant grim reaper...

Skull, Original Signed Contemporary Black and Green Painting 18" x 18" x 0.75" (HxWxD) Acrylic on Canvas Hand-signed by the artist. Finished with a gloss varnish. A black background allows the subject matter of this acrylic painting by artist Lindsay Hall, a human skull, to both pop forward and recede into the background. There is an amount of chiaroscuro happening on the left side of the skull, keeping it in shadow, falling into the depths. An item in a cabinet of curiosities, this memento mori work serves as a pausing point to sit and reflect on one's own mortality. The green tones to the white of the skull give this work an interesting dimensionality to it, almost imbuing it with life, ironically. The black background is reminiscent of artists like Caravaggio and the subject matter is highly reminiscent of Van Gogh's Skull of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette. Artist Commentary: I painted this when I lived in Richmond, VA above an oddities shop. Being in such close proximity to various curiosities like taxidermied animals, preserved animal organs, coffins, and the like definitely kept my mind in the spooky mood all year round. The building itself was black and had a giant grim reaper...

Antique Silk Jajim Cover Rug, 19th Century (4th Quarter) Additional information: Dimensions: 6'2" W x 6'5" L Condition: Excellent Origin: Persia Period: 19th Century (4th Quarter)...

Antique Shirvan Kilim Rug, Late 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 7'9" L x 4'7" W Origin: Caucasus Period: Late 19th Century Rug ID: 15220

Antique Anatolian Silk Sivas Rug, Early 20th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 5'2 W x 7'1" L Condition: Good with some visible wear Origin: Anatolia (Turkey) Period: Earl...

Antique Khotan Rug, Early 20th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 6'7" W x 13'8" L Origin: East Turkestan Period: Early 20th Century Rug ID: 10157

A fine abstract expressionist collage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended...

Original Condition Northwest Persian Long Rug, 19th Century Excellent original condition. Additional Information: Dimensions: 5'7" W x 15'4" L Condition: Excellent Origin: Northwes...

Antique Persian Tabriz Rug, c. 1940 Dimensions: 11'7" W x 15'6" L Period: Mid-20th Century Origin: Persia Condition: Excellent Rug ID: 23165

Large Antique Persian Bidjar Rug, Early 20th Century Fine drawing combined with sturdy construction are the hallmarks of great Bidjar carpets. This elegant oversized example is in k...

Antique Anatolian Turkish Oushak Rug, 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 8'10" W x 12'0" L Condition: Good Origin: Anatolia Period: 19th Century Rug ID: 14943

Antique Violet Blue Persian Kurdish Rug, Early 20th Century Additional information: Dimensions: 3'10" W x 10'1" L Origin: Northwest Persia Period: Ear...

Antique Worn Caucasian Shahsevan Long Rug, 19th Century Additional information: Dimensions: 3'4" W x 9'1" L Origin: Caucasus Period: 19th Century (3rd Quarter) Rug ID: 19309

Antique Kurdish Kilim Runner Rug, Late 19th Century Additional information: Dimensions: 5'2" W x 14'10" L Origin: Northwest Persia Period: Late 19th Century Rug ID: 19315

Antique Room-Size Persian Kashan Rug, Late 19th Century Additional Information Dimensions: 7'2" W x 10'2" L Origin: Persia Period: Late 19th Century Rug ID: 24352

Antique Persian Joshegan Carpet, 19th Century This oversized, central Persian Josheghan carpet retains the grace and charm of smaller Persian village weavings. Both the field and co...

Large Oversized Antique Persian Joshegan, Late 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 12'8" W x 17'8" L Origin: Persia Period: Late 19th Century Rug ID: 19674

Red Bashir Ersari Long Rug with Tiled Octagons, 19th Century Woven along the banks of the Oxus River in Central Asia, this long and narrow Bashir carpet represents a distinctive for...

Fitz Henry Lane (1804–1865) Mary Ann, 1846 Oil on canvas, 19 x 27 ¼ in., actual; 27 1/4" H x 35 1/2" W, framed. Signed, dated lower left: F. H. Lane 1846 Fitz Henry Lane was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, a descendent of a family of fishermen that had resided on Cape Ann since 1623. Even with a lifelong handicap, Lane taught himself how to draw and paint and spent countless hours honing his technique. By the age of twenty-eight, he was hired to apprentice at Pendelton’s Lithography, the most important printmaking firm in Boston. Here he was exposed to other American and European artists, including British marine specialist Robert Salmon. Lane soon enjoyed success as both a painter and printmaker. By the 1840s his sale of oil paintings increased, which in turn diminished the need to rely on income from his lithographs. In 1841, Lane first exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum an oil painting entitled Scene at Sea, and in March 1842 he exhibited Ships in a Gale at the Apollo Association in New York City. By 1847,Lane’s reputation was firmly established, and he moved back to Gloucester permanently, except for trips to New York, Maine, Maryland, and possibly Puerto Rico. His highly refined images of Gloucester Harbor and its environs were celebrated for their minute detail and crisp delineations of form. During the late 1850s Lane simplified his works, painting thinly and eliminating detail in order to focus on effects of light and create a tranquil mood. Lane was more radical in his coastal scenes, from which, during the 1850s, he successively purged genre and topographical elements, so much so that, together with Martin Johnson Heade, he may well be considered the true avant-garde of American mid-century landscape painting. Lane’s mature work greatly influenced the second generation of Hudson River School artists such as John F. Kensett, Frederic E. Church, and Heade, who were forming their own luminist styles around the same time. Lane exhibited his work at the National Academy of Design in 1859 and at galleries in Boston, Gloucester, and Albany. His work is found in esteemed private collections and major museum collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum, New York; National Gallery of Art and Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth; and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum of Art, Madrid. The Cape Ann Historical Association and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, have large collections of Lane’s work. The packet ship Mary Ann was built by Waterman and Ewell at Medford, Massachusetts, for Andrews T. Hall and Albert H. Brown of Boston. She was re-registered in 1856, her new owners being William Perkins and Israel Whitney. She was wrecked in 1861 at the mouth of the Bassein River, Burma, while bound there from Colombo, Ceylon. Provenance: Baron Hottinguer, Zurich, Switzerland; Christie's, New York, 18 May 2004, lot 20, Daniel Pollack...

An exceptional impressionist beachside scene with figures and powerful clouds by American artist Augustus B. Koopman (1869-1914). Koopman was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, initially studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine arts, and going on to live a large portion of his short life in Paris, studying at the Academie Julian and the Ecole des Beaux Arts, painting many of his marine and figure paintings on the coast at Etaples, near Belgium. Among his teachers were William Bouguereau, Benjamin Constant, and Tony Robert-Fleury. He was well known for his genre, maritime, landscape, figure, and portrait paintings. His drypoints and etchings can be found in both the Congressional and New York Public Libraries, and his painting “Vision of the Grand Canyon” is displayed in the Santa Fe Railway...