A few examples of appraisal values for
AMLASH

• ANCIENT AMLASH LIMESTONE IDOL -
  ANCIENT AMLASH LIMESTONE IDOL - GODDESS OF FERTILITYAncient Near East, northwestern Iran, Amlash, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A creamy white limestone idol each with a distinctive beak-like nose, a narrow torso that widens at the waist, arms stretched outward, and broad thighs that are huge compared to the body. Ancient idols like this one, that reduce the human figure to a simple collection of shapes and lines, are considered some of our oldest abstract art. They fascinate us today in part because they hint at a belief system and cosmology that we can no longer access or understand. Instead, we guess at the meaning. Were they fertility charms? Representations of old gods? Were they made to be carried as apotropaic charms, or simply to be placed in tombs? Their mute figures raise more questions than they answer. Size: 2.95" W x 5.5" H (7.5 cm x 14 cm) Bird-faced figurines like this one are found throughout the region. Although their meaning is unclear, most female figures found by largely male archaeologists of the late 19th and early 20th century were immediately given the title "fertility idol". However, more recent interpretations suggest that these figures probably had much more nuanced and varied symbolism, perhaps representing a goddess, a matriarch, or a worshipper. Provenance: East Coast collection, New York Gallery, New York City, New York, USA, acquired before 2010; ex-Boisgirard, Paris, France, June 18, 2009, Lot 88; ex-private Esmerian collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 1980s All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #149847 Condition: Intact, with light scratching and wear on surface commensurate with age including some weathering on the back. A few small chips and nicks from surface.
• PERSIAN AFSHAR BAG FACE. Ca.
  PERSIAN AFSHAR BAG FACE. Ca. 1890. Bag face in all-over design with blue and camel. 1'11' x 2'.
• Motasham Kashan rug, very finely
  Motasham Kashan rug, very finely woven, central medallion with scattered tree and floral elements on blue ground, 4 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 9 in. Most of rug lacking pile with corduroy effect, 1/2 in. to 1 in. loss at each end, selvedge wear, fraying and loss, fragments of original pink silk binding at selvedge. Descended in the families of the Late Colonel John Kerr Connally and Alice Thomas Coleman Connelly of Fernihurst, Asheville, North Carolina.
• An Armand Marseille 390n bisque
  An Armand Marseille 390n bisque head doll with sleepy eyes, open mouth with teeth, natural blond hair wig and composition body and limbs, wearing a mauve dress, 42.5cm long
• Motasham Kashan rug, very finely
  Motasham Kashan rug, very finely woven, central medallion with scattered tree and floral elements on blue ground, 4 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 9 in. Most of rug lacking pile with corduroy effect, 1/2 in. to 1 in. loss at each end, selvedge wear, fraying and loss, fragments of original pink silk binding at selvedge. Descended in the families of the Late Colonel John Kerr Connally and Alice Thomas Coleman Connelly of Fernihurst, Asheville, North Carolina.
• HAZEL MINK SHAWLHazel Mink Shawl,
  HAZEL MINK SHAWLHazel Mink Shawl,
• An Armand Marseille 390 A6/0M
  An Armand Marseille 390 A6/0M bisque head doll with sleepy eyes and open mouth, composition body and limbs, 26cm high and another bisque head doll
• (2) AFSHAR BAG FACES Each with a
  (2) AFSHAR BAG FACES Each with a midnight blue field, cloud bands and botehs in ivory, gold, aubergine and brick red, 1'-9" x 1'-10" & 2'-2" x 2'-24". Areas of wear.
• RARE ANCIENT AMLASH BRONZE
  RARE ANCIENT AMLASH BRONZE PRIMORDIAL BULL IDOLNear East / Central Asia, Northwestern Iran, Parthia / Amlash, late Bronze Age, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A remarkable bull effigy cast from bronze with a symmetrically proportioned body! Although hollow, no openings lead into the bull - a substantial bronze effigy figure with no obvious utilitarian function other than for use as a Zoroastrian or other religious offering; perhaps as an idol figure of Gavaevodata, a primordial bovine! Note the simplistic geometric forms throughout - cylindrical body and the emphasis on the crescent horns that invoke moon symbolism. Indeed, ancient Zoroastrian followers believed the earth rested on a rock carried by the Gavaevodata bull; when injured the lunar deity, Mah (Mangha), rescued and purified this primordial bull. Mah's crescent was part of the insignia for Parthian royalty as well. Besides use in religious myths, bulls were a recurring theme in near eastern art, most likely symbolizing the leader of the herd, that were known for strength and virility. Size: 8" L x 3.5" W x 7.75" H (20.3 cm x 8.9 cm x 19.7 cm) Provenance: private Santa Fe, New Mexico USA collection acquired from Allan Davis, acquired before 2000 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #174772 Condition: Repaired with restoration with new material to neck - professional and break line is nearly indiscernible. Surface abrasions, nicks, stable fissures on legs, and chips commensurate with age and exposure.. Heavy mineral encrustations and patina throughout out.
• ARMAND MARSEILLE GERMAN BISQUE
  ARMAND MARSEILLE GERMAN BISQUE SHOULDER HEAD DOLL having blue sleep eyes open mouth with four teeth curly blonde wig cloth body nicely dressed with pink feathered hat. Length 29.50''. Marked AM 370. The doll is in good overall condition with light wear throughout inpainting to the eyelids and some soiling.
• An Armand Marseille bisque head
  An Armand Marseille bisque head doll, marked 390 14/0 x M, with sleepy eyes, open mouth with teeth, composition body and limbs, wearing a pink lace lined dress, 30cm high
• A Kashan Carpet Soft wool on cotton
  A Kashan Carpet Soft wool on cotton weft small medallion with matching corner guards in dark blue main file is ruby red multiple borders minimal fringe thick pile.
• Araz Mirhadi (Azerbaijani,
  Araz Mirhadi (Azerbaijani, 1955-2012) Maximilian Dash, 1996 oil on canvas signed and dated on verso. 36 x 24 inches. Property from a Gentleman, Palm Beach, FL
• Ellin & Levin dyed Persian lamb
  Ellin & Levin dyed Persian lamb jacket with natural mink collar and cuffs size 8
• An Armand Marseille bisque head
  An Armand Marseille bisque head doll, marked AM Dep. 1894, with sleepy eyes, open mouth with teeth, natural brown hair and composition body and ball joints, 48cm long
• A Meshad rug of Kashan design woven
  A Meshad rug of Kashan design woven in colours with double headed medallion on an indigo ground 81ins x 52ins
• HAZEL MINK SHAWL, RETAILED BY
  HAZEL MINK SHAWL, RETAILED BY SAKSHazel Mink Shawl, Retailed by Saks
• QAJAR LACQUER PAPIER MACHE PANEL
  QAJAR LACQUER PAPIER MACHE PANEL WITH PORTRAIT OF FATH ALI SHAH (1797-1834) PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY of rectangular form, featuring Fath Ali Shah seated on his bejewelled throne, wearing his crown and bedecked in his luxurious royal regalia, attended by princes and courtiers, within a floral narrow border, mounted in a box frame(1)43cm x 30cmProvenance: Collection of the late Sir Richard Shepherd, MP.
• An Armand Marseille bisque headed
  An Armand Marseille bisque headed doll with closing brown eyes and open mouth showing teeth with composition body 16.5ins
• ALI MASALEHDAN (IRANIAN/AMERICAN,
  ALI MASALEHDAN (IRANIAN/AMERICAN, CONTEMPORARY) 24" x 18" "Irises, Mellon Park", 1991. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, in a wooden frame with linen liner, overall 29 ½" x 23".
• Armand Marseille Porcelain
  Armand Marseille Porcelain DollGerman 1855-1950 open mouth with teeth sleepy eyes porcelain hands leather body with later dress.22 in. long.Loss to paint on eyes likely replaced hair.
• A North West Persian runner,
  A North West Persian runner, circa 1910, the abrashed madder field of open boteh framed by a polychrome barber pole border, 424cm x 118cm
• A Mahi Tabriz Carpet Diamond shaped
  A Mahi Tabriz Carpet Diamond shaped lozenge in blue on dark red field with overall lattice design ivory and blue corner guards. soft wool on cotton weft medium pile soft.
• A selection of silk pashmina
  A selection of silk pashmina shawls, kurtas, jackets etc.
• An Armand Marseille bisque doll
  An Armand Marseille bisque doll with sleepy eyes, open mouth and teeth and another bisque head doll
• AMIR NIKRAVAN (B. 1983): X2012;
  AMIR NIKRAVAN (B. 1983): X2012; acrylic on muslin over aluminum panel, unframed; signed, titled and dated verso; Provenance: The Estate of Juliet McIver, Los Angeles, CA; 23 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches Condition:
• A quantity of costume jewellery and
  A quantity of costume jewellery and two amethyst necklaces.
• BAKSHAISH CAMEL HAIR RUNNERPersian,
  BAKSHAISH CAMEL HAIR RUNNERPersian, circa 1900, cut wool and camel hair pile on a cotton foundation, five stepped central medallions, hooked inner border, leaf form outer border, 3 ft. 6 in. x 11 ft. Provenance: Claremont Rug Company, Oakland, California; Private Collection, New York Condition: areas of professional restoration, fading, staining, abrash, overcast ends
• VINTAGE MADAME ALEXANDER DOLL,
  VINTAGE MADAME ALEXANDER DOLL, BLUSH BRUNETTE IN CREAM ...Jointed with moving eyelids. Sparkled trim along top and bottom of material. This item has no reserve. Dimensions: 7.5"H Manufacturer: Madame Alexander Country of Origin: China Condition: Age related wear.
• LASHAW, UNTITLED GRID ABSTRACT WITH
  LASHAW, UNTITLED GRID ABSTRACT WITH BUTTERFLIES AND TREES, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, FRAMED, 73-1/2 X 35 INLashaw, Untitled Grid Abstract with Butterflies and Trees, Acrylic on Canvas, Framed, 73-1/2 x 35 in
• A Mashad Carpet Approx. 9'-0" x
  A Mashad Carpet Approx. 9'-0" x 6'-1". Low wool pile on cotton weft. Field with repeating medallions and meandering foliate design of pink-ivory-red-blue-purple on navy blue background. Wide border with repeating palmettes on pink framed with foliate design on ivory. Natural abrash.
• A Lovely Kashan Carpet Red ivory
  A Lovely Kashan Carpet Red ivory and blue wool on cotton weft very soft and thick pile central medallion and triple corner guards.
• A Kashan prayer rug, Central
  A Kashan prayer rug, Central Persia, circa 1930, the madder mihrab with a central vase of flowers and indigo arabesque spandrels within an indigo floral border and two inner and one outer guard stripes, 7ft 1in by 4ft 6in/see illustration
• A Black Persian Lamb Jacket
  A Black Persian Lamb Jacket probably 1940s brown mink collar and jet beaded buttons.
• Armand Marseille bisque head
  Armand Marseille bisque head doll, A/M A9M 390 DRGM 246/7 marked, no cracks, 22 inches tall, body does show wear, blonde mohair and brown sleepy eyes Estimate $125-225
• Chin
  Chin