Adam's FINE ASIAN ART Part I 28th & Part II 29th June 2022

196 426 A CHISELED SILVER BELT BUCKLE TURKEY, OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 19TH CENTURY L (total of the two parts): 30,5 cm Weight:273 grams € 300 - 500 427 A PAIR OF TURQUOISE EMBEL- LISHED BIRDS AND MAYBE DOVES IRAN (PERSIA), CIRCA 1900-1930 H: 19 cm Total weight: 690 grams € 300 - 500 428 A SUITE OF TWO (2) PAGES OF ALBUM DEPICTING BIRDS MIDDLE EAST, 19TH CENTURY Pigments and gilt on paper. They depict various birds and have cartouches inscribed in farsi with calligraphies. Both are identically framed with a glass. Dimensions (each page): 29 x 16,2 cm Note: The text is probably an excerpt from a book titled Aja’ib al-Makhluqat wa Ghara’ib al-Mawjudat, (Arabic: تادوجوملا بئارغو تاقولخملا بئاجع , meaning The Wonders of Creatures and the Marvels of Cre- ation). This is an important work of cosmography by Zakariya al-Qazwini, who was born in Qazwin (Iran) in the year 600 AH/1203 AD. € 400 - 600 429 A GROUP OF TWO (2) KUTAHYA CERAMIC EGGS / HANG- ING ORNAMENTS KUTAHYA, 18TH CENTURY The first one is adorned in green, yellow, brown and black enam- els with three (3) seraphim and crosses. The second one has a similar decor but painted in light blue. H (each): 8 cm Note: The first one to be compared with an almost identical egg sold at ARTCURIAL Paris, France, 2012-10-09, lot 326 for €1,416. € 1,000 - 2,000 430 A SAMURAÏ SWORD, KATANA JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY With a blade inscribed with bonji and with a scabbard adorned with mon (heraldic crests). L: 101 cm € 1,500 - 3,000 431 A SET OF TWELVE (12) MIXED-METAL OR SOFT-METAL INLAYS KOZUKA 小柄 OR KOGATANA 小刀 JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD The kozuka (handle of small knives) are inlaid with mixed metals (also described as soft metals) with various designs. They are all fitted with their kogatana (or small words, i.e. blades). Offered at auction in a fitted box. L (each knife): 20,8 cm € 500 - 700