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Lot 143
MARIETTA SERGEEVNA SHAGINYAN (1888-1882) | HANDWRITTEN EXCERPT FROM NIZAMI GANDZEVI'S POETRY WITH SIGNATURE (RUSSIA / RUSSIAN) | 1963 | Marietta Sergeevna Shaginyan (Мариэтта Сергеевна Шагинян) | profession: Writer | country: Russia | signature: Original signature | size: 310 x 260 mm (size of the pad) | technique: A handwritten transcription of a poem by an unknown poet from the 12th century with a signature | Lot information |Handwritten excerpt from the poetry of Nizami Ganjavi (12th century), a significant Persian poet whose works have been translated into many languages. Original text in Russian:"День каждый сурово безделье гони,Не пишешь, - так первые чужие чти."Translation in English:"Each day, relentlessly drive away idleness,If you are not a writer yourself, read the works of others."The poem originates from the epic Sokrovishchnitsa Tayen (The Treasury of Mysteries).Signed by Marietta Shaginyan, dated July 12, 1963.Marietta Shaginyan was a prominent Soviet writer, literary critic, and translator, whose works carried strong philosophical and political themes.
Lot 1143
CHINESE CERAMICS - The George Eumorfopoulos Collection. Catalogue of the Chinese, Corean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain by R. L. Hobson, London, 1925-28. Volumes I - VI, folio, 450 plates, some coloured, cloth. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 725 COPIES. (6)CHINESE, KOREAN AND PERSIAN CERAMICS - The George Eumorfopoulos Collection. Catalogue of the Chinese, Corean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain by R. L. Hobson. London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1925-28. Volumes I - VI, large folio (450 x 310mm). Half titles, titles printed in blue and black, 450 plates, some mounted and coloured. Original textured black and gold cloth boards, black cloth title panels to the upper covers, the spines lettered in gilt, uncut (extremities very lightly scuffed, some creasing at the foot of spines). Provenance: Longstock House (small stamps to the rear pastedowns of the first 4 vols.); publisher's prospectus for another related work loosely-inserted. FIRST EDITION of this monumental catalogue of part of the unrivalled collection of collector and philanthropist George Aristides Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939). ONE OF 755 COPIES, VOLUME ONE NUMBER 489 OF 725 COPIES AND VOLUMES II - VI NUMBERS 184 OF 725 COPIES, ALL "ON VAN GELDER MOULD-MADE PAPER". George Eumorfopoulos was a British collector, of Greek lineage, of Chinese, Korean and Near Eastern Art. He had originally intended to bequeath his entire collection to the British nation but the Great Depression of the 1930s forced him to sell part of it to the V&A and the British Museum for the generous sum of £100,000. He also donated some 800 pieces to the Benaki Museum in Athens. He was the founder, and first President of, the "Oriental Ceramic Society". Rowland Outline and Bibliographies of Oriental Art p.61. (6)
Lot 195
A pair of silver-coloured metal vases, possibly Persian in origin, each of baluster form, the body decorated in relief with traditional scenes, riders on horseback, flowers, and scrolls, each with a flared scalloped rim, apparently unmarked, height 20cm, combined weight 469g/15.07ozt approx (2)
Lot 72
A rare 1918 Persian / Iran 1000 dinar coin sample coin, the obverse with portrait of Shah Ahmad Shah Qajar (1909 - 1925) above a wreath, the reverse stamped 'Persia 1918'.Provenance: gifted to 'Rachel', an old acquaintance of the vendor by Mr Lavachery, a Belgium gentleman in Casablanca who was formerly in charge of the Persian Mint. Contained in a Casablanca jewellers box, with handwritten envelope dated 1st March 1929.The coin has a diameter of 3.5 cm, weighs 23.2 grams, and features a plain edge finish.
Lot 2460
CRADOCK, (Fanny), Something's Burning, The Autobiography of two cooks, first edition, London, Putnam, 1960, together with Venus in the Kitchen, or Love's Cookery Book, introduction by Graham Greene, first edition, Heinemann Ltd, 1952, also James Beard's Fish Cookery, London, Faber & Faber, In a Persian Kitchen, published in Japan,1960, also Dr. E.A.Maury, Wine is the Best Medicine, French Country Cooking by Elizabeth David, and Alexander Watt, Paris Bistro Cookery, (7)
Lot 1036
South West Persian Qashqai red ground runner, the crimson field decorated with three connected lozenges, surrounded by small stylised motifs of bird and plants, indigo spandrels with further stylised motifs, the border with repeating floral design Dimensions: Length/Width: 280cm Depth/Diameter: 110cm
Lot 1034
Northwest Persian signed Tabriz ivory ground carpet, central medallion with intricate floral motifs, the field and spandrels decorated with scrolling tendrils and palmettes, ivory main border with crimson and indigo floral decorations, surrounded by crimson guard bandsDimensions: Length/Width: 400cm Depth/Diameter: 300cm
Lot 1038
North East Persian Meshed crimson ground carpet, central indigo and green medallion with floral decoration, busy field with trailing foliage and stylised flowers, matching spandrels with floral motifs, indigo border featuring scrolling vines and palmettes, framed by narrow floral guard bandsDimensions: Length/Width: 338cm Depth/Diameter: 243cm
Lot 1042
Persian rose ground rug, large central floral medallion surrounded by scrolling foliate and floral motifs, pale green spandrels, wide border in pale green and navy with intricate floral designs, framed by multiple guard stripes with repeating floral and geometric patternsDimensions: Length/Width: 387cm Depth/Diameter: 300cm
Lot 36
A Cantonese export porcelain dish made for Nasr al-Din Shah, Qajar (dated AH 1297/AD 1879-80), painted with panels of birds and blossoms, the inscription beneath two winged lion supporters 24.5cm diameter This plate is part of a service made for the Shah of Persia (1831-96)- the third longest reigning monarch in Persian history.
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