19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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TWO ARABIAN BELTS WITH SILVER AND WHITE METAL ACCESSORIES
Possibly Yemen or Oman, Arabian Peninsula, late 19th - 20th century
TWO ARABIAN BELTS WITH SILVER AND WHITE METAL ACCESSORIES
Possibly Yemen or Oman, Arabian Peninsula, late 19th - 20th century
Comprising an embroidered cotton and velvet-lined belt with four U-shaped silver cases, possibly once used as wallets, talismanic containers, or gunpowder cartridge cases, decorated with rows of stylised filigree rosettes, three set with a diamond-shaped glass panel in the centre, interspersed amidst three tubular double-flasks used as containers for powders or oils, with long chainlets and measuring sticks to dose the content; and another belt with rows of rounded white metal buttons with filigree spiraling design at the top.
8cm x 106cm and 13.5cm x 86cm respectively
Estimated at £200 - £300
TWO ARABIAN BELTS WITH SILVER AND WHITE METAL ACCESSORIES
Possibly Yemen or Oman, Arabian Peninsula, late 19th - 20th century
Comprising an embroidered cotton and velvet-lined belt with four U-shaped silver cases, possibly once used as wallets, talismanic containers, or gunpowder cartridge cases, decorated with rows of stylised filigree rosettes, three set with a diamond-shaped glass panel in the centre, interspersed amidst three tubular double-flasks used as containers for powders or oils, with long chainlets and measuring sticks to dose the content; and another belt with rows of rounded white metal buttons with filigree spiraling design at the top.
8cm x 106cm and 13.5cm x 86cm respectively
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
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