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Islamic arts

We have always been drawn to abstracted form, and to the power of the Word. Naturally, we feel very comfortable with calligraphic art and especially with the sober and rigorous style of Central Asian art of the 10th-12th centuries. While Islamic tradition permitted only the simplest of burials, and goods were never interred with their owners, art and treasure were often cached during the invasions that plagued Central Asia or in periods of internal strife. They were buried in a wall or in a chest to which their owners doubtless intended to return. Often, such caches were lost, and only discovered much later, when householders made repairs or dug new wells. Many hard-wearing bronze materials circulated almost endlessly; we discovered numerous finds of centuries-old metalwork in Kabul’s antique shops in the 70s. Sometimes, older objects had been patched into never ones. The bronze plate that forms the image link to this page was a 12th century piece that had been incorporated into the base of a 19th century brazier. We have particular interest in talismanic materials. The small brass and bronze bowls shown are often covered with inscriptions. These “magic” bowls were used in healing rituals to capture sickness

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ISL_0065 Bronze "Jew's Harp" 12th C Length: 4.75" $1000

ISL_0066 Jet Bead 12th to 14th C 1" x 1.2" $200

ISL_0068 Bronze Pencase with Silver Inlay 12th Century Length: 8" $1700

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ISL_0063 Strand Glass Beads 10th-14th C length 13 in $450

ISL_0036 Early Islamic Bronze Vessel
10th C 2.5 x 5.5 in $800

ISL_0037 Early Islamic Bronze Vessel
10th C 3 x 6.5 in $1000

ISL_0038 Ceramic Bowl, Garrus ware, green cream brown 9th C 2.6 x 5.25 in $800

ISL_0040 Ilkhanid Bowl (Sultanabad)
13th C 3.6 x 7.8 in $3200

ISL_0041 Ilkhanid Bowl
13th C 4.8 x 10 in $3500

ISL_0043 Stone Mold
14th-16th C 5.5 x 7 in $1200

ISL_0045 White Bronze Bowl
10th-11th C 8.5 x 1.25 in $650

ISL_0046 Sogdian Bronze Ring-handled Cup 5th-8th C 3.5 x 3.7 in $600

ISL_0046 Sogdian Bronze Ring-handled Cup
5th-8th C 3.5 x 3.7 in $600

ISL_0047 White Bronze Tray
10th C 8.8 x 4.7 in $1000

ISL_0048 Early Islamic Ceramic Mold
8th-9th C 7.5 x 10.3 in $3000

ISL_0050 Bronze Lid 12th C 9 x 1.5 in $600

ISL_0001 Bronze Handle 17th C
2.4 x 6.4 in $400.00

ISL_0002 Bronze Lamp 10-12th C
2.5 x 6 in $800.00

ISL_0003 Bronze Spout 17-18th C
7.2 x 8.5 in $850.00

ISL_0004 Bronze Spout photo2 17-18th C

ISL_0005 Bronze Ink Holder 10-12th C
length 5 in $1,500.00

ISL_0006 Bronze Vessel 18-19th C
13 x 13.5 in $1,000.00

ISL_0008 Bronze Spout 17-18th C
7 x 12 in $1,500.00

ISL_0013 Bronze Ornament 18-19th C 2 x 2.25 in $500.00

ISL_0014 Silver Bracelets 10-11th C
3 in diam ea $4,000.00

ISL_0015 Silver Ring 17th C .7 x 1.1 in $500.00

ISL_0016 Silver Ring Side View

ISL_0017 Bronze Container 18-19th C
2.5 x 3.5 $300.00

ISL_0018 Bronze Hand-like Ornament
4.73 x 7.4 $150.00

ISL_0019 Bronze Copper Hookah Base 18th C
4.25 x 7 in $3,200.00

ISL_0020 Bronze Copper Hookah Base

ISL_0021 Qajar Box 19th C
4 x 7.25 x 12 in $1,500.00

ISL_0022 Qajar Box

ISL_0023 Qajar Box

ISL_0024 Jet Necklace 12-14th C
24 in $700.00

ISL_0025 Safavid Gold Silver Ring
.75 x 1 in $1,000.00

ISL_0026 Safavid Gold Silver Ring Side

ISL_0027 Qajar Bowl 19th C
7.25 x 2.75 $800.00

ISL_0028 Tibetan Bowl 18-19th C $250.00

ISL_0035 Magic Bowl 3

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