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Lot 177
Lovely collection of Indian hand painted miniatures on parchments. Two Mughal paintings of man and Wife facing each other. Another of two lovers seated under the night sky with Calligraphy to front and back (poss Turkish). The other of a Turkish Warrior about to sacrifice an animal with a piercing arrow. One Other
Lot 1090
A Chinese calligraphy or artist's set in wooden box containing various seals, an ink stone and more, 19/20th C. Dim.: 28,5 x 17,5 x 9,5 We have more lots available exclusively on our website www.rm-auctions.com! Condition reports and high resolution pictures are available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com
Lot 1134
A Chinese embroidered silk on textile calligraphy scroll, 19/20th C. (description updated Apr. 13) Dim.: 120 x 40 cmWe have more lots available exclusively on our website www.rm-auctions.com! Condition reports and high resolution pictures are available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com
Lot 1141
A Chinese album of watercolor drawings and calligraphy, 19/20th C. Dim.: 50 x 35 cm We have more lots available exclusively on our website www.rm-auctions.com! Condition reports and high resolution pictures are available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com
Lot 356
A pair of Chinese blue and white Vietnamese market Bleu de Hue calligraphy bowls, 19th C. H.: 5,5 cm - Dia.: 7,5 cm We have more lots available exclusively on our website www.rm-auctions.com! Condition reports and high resolution pictures are available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com
Lot 757
A large Chinese blue and white vase with a lady and calligraphy, 19th C. H.: 61 cm We have more lots available exclusively on our website www.rm-auctions.com! Condition reports and high resolution pictures are available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com
Lot 951
A Chinese jade calligraphy water jar with spoon, 19/20th century Dim.: 7 x 5 x 3,5 cm (the jar)L.: 7,5 cm (the spoon) We have more lots available exclusively on our website www.rm-auctions.com! Condition reports and high resolution pictures are available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com
Lot 11
UNCERTAIN DYNASTY, ‘UBAYD ALLAH B. ZUHAYR (?). Gold dinar, without mint or date. OBVERSE: Crowned Sasanian bust right, within cross-hatched border; To right: ‘Ubayd... | Zuhayr. REVERSE: Sasanian fire-altar flanked by attendants, within cross-hatched border; To left barakat; to right: min Allah. WEIGHT: 1.73g. CONDITION: Severely double-struck, minor edge damage and some staining from atmospheric damage, fine and of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished and believed unique. It has long been doubted whether any gold coins of Arab-Sasanian type were ever struck. Discussing the question in the introduction to Volume 1 of Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean, Stephen Album was ‘led to conclude that there appears not to have been any gold coinage in the Arab-Sasanian series.’ Two purported dinars held by the British Museum are considered by Album to be crude casts made for jewellery in the nineteenth century (an opinion shared by Walker before him). Another piece, which surfaced in a Russian collection during the nineteenth century and which purports to be a gold coin of ‘Abdallah b. Khazim issued at Marw in 70h, appears to be of ancient manufacture but is of coarse style and, in Album’s view, best regarded as an ancient imitation or jewellery piece. Album did not exclude the possibility that Arab-Sasanian gold coins might have been struck, noting that the historians al-Baladhuri and Ibn Khaldun both claim that Mus‘ab b. al-Zubayr, whose silver drachms are well-known today, also issued gold dinars. But if such coins ever were struck, none are known to have survived. Album correctly points out that little Sasanian gold coinage was produced after the reign of Peroz (AD457-484), except for a few small-scale issues made for presentation purposes. It was the silver drachms which formed the backbone of the Sasanian monetary economy, and which the Muslims allowed mint-cities to continue striking. There was no economic need or precedent for an Arab-Sasanian gold coinage, and with the abolition of the Sasanian court there was now no ceremonial reason either. The Umayyad capital was established far away at Damascus, and it was the local Byzantine solidi which would provide the prototypes for the first Islamic gold coins struck there. The introduction of a standardized and reformed Islamic precious metal coinage in 77/78h made the Arab-Sasanian drachm obsolete both in design and metrology. Over the next few years production gradually ceased, so that by 84/85h silver coins of Arab-Sasanian type were only being issued on the fringes of the Islamic world where local custom and preference still made this necessary. The best-known examples are Tabaristan, where the well-known series of silver hemidrachms bearing the names of local governors lasted until circa 200h, and Sistan, where base silver drachms seem to have survived for a couple of decades longer. Less well known are the Ghuzz Turks of Syr Darya, who struck a series of distinctive silver drachms during the opening years of the 3rd century (lots 8-10). The style, fabric and calligraphy of the present dinar, however, have very little in common with the neatly-engraved Tabaristan hemidrachms, and it seems more likely that it is associated either with the local coinage of Sistan or with the silver drachms of the Ghuzz. Because of the double-striking on the obverse of this dinar, the name on the obverse is very difficult to interpret. ‘Ubayd Allah b. Zuhayr would seem to fit the Kufic script, but no individual of this name appears to be attested (although Muhammad b. Zuhayr is known from the local coinage of Sistan). Another possibility might be ‘Abdallah ibn Tahir, the governor of Khurasan who served from 215-230h; this is a less satisfactory fit with the poorly-preserved legend on the coin, but would then link it with the Ghuzz issues on which his name is also found. There are other stylistic similarities between this coin and the Ghuzz drachms, not merely in the calligraphy but in the cross-hatched pattern seen on the border of this dinar, which recalls the crown or circlet seen on the ruler’s head on the silver coins. If the weight is significant, it may also be noted that this dinar is heavier than contemporary Ghuzz silver drachms - and allowing for losses through damage would appear to maintain the 7:10 ratio between the weights of dirhams and dinars elsewhere in the Islamic world. On the other hand, the reverse legend, barakat min Allah, ‘A blessing from God,’ is found on a few rare Eastern Sistan drachms, although this would seem appropriate for any presentation issue and need not imply a Sistani origin. It is not at all surprising that the gold and silver coinage of the Ghuzz should have been different in design. Discussing the Sasanian prototypes, Album wrote, ‘The gold coinage of Khusraw I, Varahran VI and especially Khusraw II and Queen Boran is...typologically utterly different from contemporary silver coinage. I would expect the same to be true of any genuine Arab-Sasanian gold coinage, were such things to exist.’ (SICA 1, p.39). Although almost certainly struck long after the main line of Arab-Sasanian coinage came to an end, this remarkable coin now proves Album’s view entirely correct. It is of the highest importance as being the only ancient gold coin of Arab-Sasanian type known to have survived to the present day.
Lot 115
QARAKHANID, NASR B. ‘ALI (c. 383-403h). Obverse die for a dirham of Uzkand 400h. OBVERSE: Incuse legends as Kochnev 212DIMENSIONS: 35 mm diameter; 43mm long. CONDITION: Modern test-mark (confirming metal as brass or bronze), otherwise very fine and extremely rare. Surviving mediaval Islamic coin dies are excessively rare, and the high quality of the calligraphy suggests that this is an official die rather than one made by a contemporary counterfeiter.
Lot 356
Mughal, Shah Jahan (1037-1068h), a collector’s copy of the famous 200-mohurs of Dar al-Khilafat Shahjahanabad 1064h, apparently made of silver, 2.214kg (cf BMC (Moghul Emperors) p. lxxxvii and Plate XXXIII, illustrating casts held in the British Museum), some surface faults, very fine overall and offered as a copy. The calligraphy on this piece is clearly different from the casts illustrated in BMC, indicating that it may have been prepared from illustrations of one of these gigantic coins rather than by someone who had access to a genuine specimen. Its weight appears to be correct, however; writing in BMC Poole noted that a genuine 200-mohur piece seen in the early nineteenth century ‘…weighed above 70 oz (33,600 grs),’ which would equate to almost exactly 2.2kg. It seems that no authentic example of this type has been seen for more than a century and a half, but copies such as the present piece nevertheless convey the sheer size and magnificence of these lost originals.
Lot 366
A Chinese Late 19th Century Qing Dynasty Cherry and Fir Wood Cupboard, with double cupboards to the upper and lower section, ebonised and gilt-painted naturalistic decoration to the door panels, calligraphy to upper panels, the cupboard interior fitted with drawers, the doors furnished with traditional brass fittings, approx 97 x 51 x 176 cms
Lot 364
A Chinese translucent greyish and black infused agate plaque pendant 19th/20th Century the cartouche carved clouds, the facade with the black infusion carved as a disc upon clusters of rocks upon which sits a Daoist accompanied by a youthful acolyte holding a fan, reverse with calligraphy over waves, 5cm
Lot 549
A Chinese famille rose vase and cover, of ovoid form, decorated a bird amongst flowers, and with calligraphy, finial re-glued, some rim chips, gilding rubbed, 26 cm high Condition report Report by RBSome rubbing to the gilt decoration, cover poorly glued, a few chips to the inner rim of the vase, and a couple of star cracks, more visible from the inside of the vase than the exterior
Lot 559
A Chinese vase, of tapering square form, decorated figures and calligraphy in underglaze blue (losses, cracked and repaired), 52 cm high Condition report Report by RBVery poor conditionReport by RBAs stated this is in very poor condition, with numerous cracks, it is incomplete, and has holes (empty with no parts to be going back into it).The illustration should show you all you need to know, no history or provenance.
Lot 227
A group of Oriental ceramics and Works of Art, late 19th/early 20th century, comprising: two Chinese famille-rose porcelain cylindrical boxes and covers, painted with figures and calligraphy, 7.5cm and 10cm high, a Chinese soapstone carving of Guanyin, 35cm high, a Japanese porcelain Koro and cover and vase and cover, each with lion knops (5).
Lot 172
A Chinese Yixing pottery teapot and cover, of squat melon shape, with seal mark to base, h.17cm; together with a Chinese Yixing part tea-set comprising teapot with stylised bamboo handle and spout, signed to the base, with three teacups, plate with character marks and calligraphy; sold with two other Yixing teapots and one miniature example (9) Condition Report / Extra Information No apparent faults.
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