FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Halab 433hOBVERSE: Outer margin: mint and date (unit of date slightly defective and lacking one ‘tooth’) Inner margin: ‘Izz (?) al-Muzaffar In centre: al-Imam |Ma‘add Abu Tamim | al-Mustansir billah | Amir al-Mu‘minin REVERSE: Outer margin: Qur‘an ix, 33 Inner margin: ‘Izz (?) al-Muzaffar In centre: la ilaha illa Allah | wahdah la sharik lahu | Muhammad rasul Allah | ‘Ali wali AllahWEIGHT: 4.12gCONDITION: Almost extremely fine and extremely rare
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FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Zabid 447hOBVERSE: In centre: al-Imam Ma‘add | Abu TamimREVERSE: In centre: al-Mustansir | billah Amir al-mu‘-| mininWEIGHT: 2.03gREFERENCE: Nicol 1738aCONDITION: Light scratches on obverse, almost very fine and extremely rare NOTE: Nicol cites a single example of this variety.
FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Tabariya 432hOBVERSE: In margin: mint and dateREVERSE: In margin: Qur‘an ix, 33WEIGHT: 4.01gREFERENCE: Nicol 1972CONDITION: Scattered marks, some weakness in margins, fine to good fine and extremely rare NOTE: Two examples of this mint and date, and only one of this variety, cited by Nicol.
FATIMID, AL-BASASIRI / AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 451h, month of al-MuharramOBVERSE: In field: letter ‘ayn after name Ma‘addWEIGHT: 4.98gREFERENCE: Nicol 2094; Jafar F.MS.451d, same diesCONDITION: Struck from a worn reverse die, otherwise extremely fine with some lustre, rare NOTE: This famous issue of Fatimid dinars from Baghdad dates from a period of twelve months during 450-451h when the city was briefly held by the Fatimid partisan Arslan al-Basasiri. He was a Turkish general who had enjoyed status and prestige when Baghdad and the Abbasid caliph were under Buwayhid protection. With the fall of the Buwayhids and the arrival of the Great Seljuqs under Tughril Beg, al-Basasiri began to fear for his own position and started making overtures to the Fatimids. One may question how deeply al-Basasiri, the former protector of the Sunni caliph, was now attached to the Fatimid cause, but he was given money and arms to support his operations against the Seljuqs. At this period the authority of the Abbasid caliph, al-Qa’im, was limited to religious affairs, with political and military matters firmly in the hands of the Great Seljuq sultan, Tughril Beg. In 450h, however, he was campaigning elsewhere in his domains and had taken his entire army with him. Al-Basasiri was therefore able to enter Baghdad with only a small force. Whether Tughril Beg had misjudged the situation, or whether he had deliberately exposed the city in this way for his own political reasons, the khutba in Baghdad, capital of the Sunni caliphs, was now being read in the name of the Fatimid al-Mustansir. Al-Basasiri even forced al-Qa`im to sign a declaration waiving the rights of the Abbasids to the caliphate as long as the Fatimid line endured. As well as the khutba al-Basasiri also used the coinage to assert al-Mustansir`s authority in Baghdad. Jafar (op. cit.) reports a contemporary belief that al-Basasiri had been supplied with these dinars in advance rather than actually striking them in Baghdad while the city and mint were under his control. Rather than the characteristic Fatimid ‘bull’s-eye’ types with several concentric rings of legends, al-Basasiri`s dinars follow a design not otherwise being currently issued in the Fatimid lands but which would have been closer to other types then circulating in Baghdad. In spite of his successes al-Basasiri seems to have received surprisingly little support from the Fatimids once he had taken control of Baghdad. It may be that they had never intended him to remain there indefinitely: Tughril Beg and his powerful army would certainly return to Baghdad eventually, while there are reports of al-Basasiri antagonizing the citizens and even committing atrocities against them. The Fatimids may have been content with the propaganda value of a symbolic victory, not to mention the document al-Qa`im signed abrogating his caliphal rights. Al-Basasiri also tried unsuccessfully to capture the caliphal heir, who would have been a real prize for the Fatimids and of great value in future negotiations.
BURJI MAMLUK, SHAYKH (815-824h)Gold Mithqal, al-Qahira 821hOBVERSE: In centre: mithqal In margin: ruler’s name and titles, mint and dateWEIGHT: 4.25gREFERENCE: Balog 679 (citing one example)CONDITION: Some weak striking but extremely fine with some lustre, extremely rare NOTE: This very rare issue is the legacy of a plan by Shaykh to revive the weight standard of the classical gold dinar. Balog describes this as ‘a futile attempt. Contemporary with the emission of mithqal-type dinars, the Alexandria mint issued large, Bahri-style coins (ingots) of undetermined weight, just as if the sultan could not decide on the measures to be taken to meet the economic crisis.’
OTTOMAN, ABDÜL HAMID II (1293-1327h)Large Gold Medal for the Visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II to Constantinople, 1889OBVERSE: Tughra above trophy of arms In margin: Mülâkati Sultan Abdülhamid hani sâni bi Imparatori Almanya Wilhelm sâni der Kostantiniye fi 7 Re sene 1307REVERSE: German Imperial eagle In double margin: ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DEN BESUCH SEINER MAJESTÄT DES DEUTSCHEN KAISERS WILHELM II BEI SEINER MAJESTÄT DEM KAISER DER OSMANEN ABDUL-HAMID KHAN II IN CONSTANTINOPEL 2 NOVEMBER 1889DIAMETER: 65mmWEIGHT: 190.63gREFERENCES: Erüreten p.260; cf Pere 1114 (small size)CONDITION: Minor marks on reverse and edge, extremely fine and extremely rare NOTE: This was the first of three state visits that Kaiser Wilhelm II paid to Constantinople, and was celebrated with great ostentation and ceremony. Although the Kaiser himself clearly enjoyed the visit immensely and was himself very popular in the city, his friendship with the Sultan was to cause considerable political difficulties, particularly with Russia.
SAFFARID, ‘AMR B. AL-LAYTH (265-288h)Donative dirham, Madinat Zaranj 271hOBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | ‘Amr b. al-LaythREVERSE: In field: lillah | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | al-Mu ‘tamid ‘ala-’llah | letter sinWEIGHT: 4.13gREFERENCE: Apparently unpublished as a donative; cf Vasmer 28 for a standard dirham with similar legendsCONDITION: Edge damage where mount has been removed and further traces of mount on reverse, otherwise very fine and extremely rare NOTE: All donative issues from this period struck by an autonomous ruler rather than the Abbasid caliph himself are extremely rare.
SAJID, AL-FATH B. AL-AFSHIN (315-317h)Dinar, Ardabil 316hOBVERSE: In field: kalima in two lines; below: Abu’l-‘Abbas bin | Amir al-Mu‘mininREVERSE: In field: lillah | Muhammad | rasul Allah | al-Muqtadir billah | al-Fath bin al-Afshin | mawla Amir al-Mu‘mininWEIGHT: 4.55gREFERENCE: Bernardi 253Ka RRR (citing a single specimen of this type)CONDITION: Obverse flan crack, peripheral weakness on both sides but with little circulation wear, good very fine for issue and extremely rare
HASANWAYHID, BADR B. HASANWAYH (369-405h)Dinar, Adhiwajan 402hOBVERSE: In field: in third and fourth lines: al-Qadir billah al-imam | Badr b. HasanwayhREVERSE: In field: lillah | Muhammad rasul Allah | Baha al-dawla wa Diya | al-milla Abu Nasr | Shams al-dawla Abu | Tahir | ibriz WEIGHT: 4.26gREFERENCE: Album 1588 RR; cf Qouchani p.59 for Hasanwayhid dirhams of this mintCONDITION: Wavy flan, very fine to good very fine and very rare NOTE: This appears to be the only known Hasanwayhid dinar from this mint, which has also been read as Ariwajan but is clearly engraved as Adhiwajan on this specimen.
GREAT SELJUQ, MALIKSHAH (465-485h)Dinar, Sumayram 482hOBVERSE: In field: ‘adl | la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | al-Muqtadi bi-amr AllahREVERSE: In field: lillah | Muhammad rasul Allah | al-sultan al-mu‘azzam | Shahanshah | Mu‘izz al-dawla | Rukn al-Islam | Malikshah Small flowers in left and right of fieldREFERENCE: cf Spink Zurich auction 22, 17 March 1987, lot 400, same diesWEIGHT: 2.58gCONDITION: Very fine to good very fine, extremely rare NOTE: The very rare mint-town of Sumayram was located on the road between Isfahan and Shiraz, near the source of the Tab river.
QAJAR, MUZAFFAR AL-DIN SHAH (1313-1324h)Pattern 500-dinars or half-qiran, 1319h, struck from Brussels mint diesOBVERSE: Uniformed bust above wreath, date belowREVERSE: Lion and sun within wreath; in ex., valueWEIGHT: 2.55gREFERENCE: cf KM Pn28 [in silver]CONDITION: Test marks on edge, minor marks in fields, otherwise almost extremely fine and rare NOTE: Apparently unpublished as a gold striking.
Valerio ADAMI « INTERNO PUBBLICO 1 », 1969 Huile sur toile signée, titrée et datée au dos 1/2/69-17/9/69 239 x 362 cm 180 000/200000€ Provenance : - Collection Sofia Rangel, Carracas - Timothy Taylor Gallery, Londres - Collection particulière, Paris Exposition : «â€‰Valerio Adami, les années 60 », Galerie Laurent Strouk, Paris, 2012, reproduit dans le catalogue de l’exposition, page 22 Bibliographie : « Adami », Studio Marconi, éditions Maeght, Milan-Paris, 1974, reproduit sous le n°74 page 181 C’est en 1966 que Adami établit définitivement son système formel, où une ligne épaisse qui dans le temps se modulera et/ou s’affinera en fonction de sa résonance avec les champs de couleur jouxtant, cerne les objets et les personnages traités en aplats de couleur pure et sans ombres. C’est aussi en 1966 qu’Adami, installé au Chelsea Hotel à New York prend une série de photos de lieux urbains le plus souvent anonymes ou sans vie, prélude à toute une série d’évocation d’espaces dont « Interno pubblico uno » de 1969 fait partie. Le peintre nous dit « Je voudrais que mes tableaux soient vus de la même manière que se compose, selon Mac Luhan, une image télévisuelle : à raison de trois millions de stimulations à la seconde ». C’est ici affirmé que le tableau aussi est un capteur d’ondes électomagnétiques qui se composent, se décomposent ou se recomposent en aplats de couleur variables selon l’intensité des contrastes en faisant participer le spectateur qui devrait se trouve impliqué selon Adami dans quelque chose qui est encore en train d’arriver. «â€‰Interno pubblico uno », vaste fresque de plus de deux mètres par trois illustre magistralement ce lieu qu’est le tableau, de propositions complexes sous l’apparence d’une structure formelle simple d’aplats de couleurs sans ombres cernés de traits noirs s’articulant sur un plan dont l’équilibre relief-profondeur semble flotter ou s’inverser, accords concertés formant de nouvelles associations, où la distinction espace ouvert espace fermé, intérieur « interno » et extérieur, espace public et espace privé se trouve brouillée tout en étant coextensive et complémentaire. «â€‰Une image s’étend à une autre nous dit l’artiste et sa forme originale est en continuelle transformation ». Adami dessine la forme de l’objet et la manière dont elle s’offre à la vue. Le tableau ne raconte pas une histoire, il est partie prenante de l’histoire qu’il fait, interludes, intermèdes, séquences font intervenir le spectateur qui interagit avec la scène ou le lieu dont la peinture se veut l’évocation autant que l’expression. Le tableau est une sorte de matrice ou d’opus operatum autant qu’opus operandi en continuelle gestation. Adami, sous l’apparence d’accords rigoureux de plans qui n’empêchent pas des distorsions de l’image visuelle comme les silences auditifs autant que rétiniens, le calme loin de toute agitation désordonnée et stérile dont ses tableaux sont le manifeste, est un peintre profond et rare dont le propos principal, riche et complexe se dissimule sous une simplicité formelle feinte.
MILK CHURN. 21ins tall to top of perforated lid. China milk churn white glaze with coloured pictorial idyllic farm scene with milkmaid, cows in meadow, chickens etc. ‘PURE MILK’ below, printed to base ‘W. GARDNER/ SCALE WEIGHT & WEIGHING/ MACHINE MAKER/ 572 WANDSWORTH RD S.W’. A truly exceptional and highly significnt offering. Very rare. Very good.
BRISTOL MUFF WARMER. 4ins tall, circular shape off white glaze, black transfer ‘THE ADAPTABLE HOT WATER BOTTLE FOR MUFF OR POCKET/ MADE AT THE OLD FULHAM POTTERY/ ESTD 1671’ ton one side ‘CARVER & HODGE/ IRONMONGERS/ 69 WHITE LADIES ROAD/ BRISTOL’ to the other. Named regional examples are extremely rare - nice find JR? Very good. NR
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