19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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A NINETY-NINE MELON-SHAPED CORAL BEADS TASBIH ROSARY NECKLACE
Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
A NINETY-NINE MELON-SHAPED CORAL BEADS TASBIH ROSARY NECKLACE
Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
With ninety-nine carved melon-shaped coral beads, interspersed with small globular silver beads, with a silver pendant reminiscent in shape of Ottoman waterpipe (huqqa) silver mouthpieces and a burgundy silk tassel.
65.5cm long
68.6gr. including the tassel
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
A NINETY-NINE MELON-SHAPED CORAL BEADS TASBIH ROSARY NECKLACE
Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
With ninety-nine carved melon-shaped coral beads, interspersed with small globular silver beads, with a silver pendant reminiscent in shape of Ottoman waterpipe (huqqa) silver mouthpieces and a burgundy silk tassel.
65.5cm long
68.6gr. including the tassel
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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