CENTRAL ASIA. Tartar warrior & woman. Tents Sword Bow 'Tartarres'. MALLET 1683

TITLE OF THE PRINT: 'Tartarres' (De L'Asie) Tartary (Latin: Tartaria) or Great Tartary (Latin: Tartaria Magna) was a name used by Europeans from the Middle Ages until the twentieth century to designat

TITLE OF THE PRINT: 'Tartarres' (De L'Asie) Tartary (Latin: Tartaria) or Great Tartary (Latin: Tartaria Magna) was a name used by Europeans from the Middle Ages until the twentieth century to designat

TITLE OF THE MAP: 'Grande Tartarie' (De L'Asie) Tartary (Latin: Tartaria) or Great Tartary (Latin: Tartaria Magna) was a name used by Europeans from the Middle Ages until the twentieth century to desi

Title: RUSSIA CENTRAL ASIA. Tartars Tatars hunting deer on horseback bows arrows 1814 Description: Tartars hunting Deer' by Howitt del; M Dubourg sculpt (1814). Antique aquatint print with original ha

Mid 19th century, 76 x 116 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan A large Tekke tent bag of the ak chuval type. Always very finely and elaborately woven, such pieces were produced in a mixed technique: wide

Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Sasanian (Sassanian / Sassanid) Empire, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. An incredible sword with a remarkable 91% to 94% silver repousse hilt and scabbard, the depressed a

Central Asia, Bhutan / Tibet, ca. 19th century CE. A magnificent sword that commanded authority - the silver-gold hilt pommel features open work of Himalayan scrolling motifs and honeycomb / armor pat

Central Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 200 BCE to 100 CE. One of the finest examples of a sculpted woman from this culture that we have seen, this is a sensitive and lifelike ca

Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan culture, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A rare and marvelous stucco head of a noble woman adorned in vibrant hues of peach, cobalt, caramel, salmo

Ancient Central Asia, eastern Black Sea region / Caucasus, Cimmerian, ca. early 1st millennium BCE. A striking iron sword with a stunning, openwork bronze hilt, all enveloped in russet and green patin

Central Asia, modern day Afghanistan, Bactrian, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. A trio of incredible gold discs made as appliques to adorn objects owned by the men and women of ancient Bactria.

Ca. 1800, 60 x 110 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan The field design of this rare Salor torba consists of three rows of six octagonal güls; small petrol diamonds decorated with double hooks at each c

Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. An exquisite, life-size terracotta head of the Buddha, depicted nearly in the round, with a wavy coiffure, a gener

Central Asia, ca. Early Cretaceous (101 - 126 MYO). This is a significant specimen due to its size, completeness, and originality. The bones were meticulously removed from a single block of matrix and

late 18th century, 261 x 130 cm, Central Asia, East Turkestan In the red field of this early rug from the oasis town of Khotan, large dark blue disc medallions are embedded in a basic design of leaves

18th century, 68 x 104 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan This fragment of an early Salor chuval has been cut all around; the left-hand side and upper border are missing. The field displays a spacious d

Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 1st century CE. An absolutely stunning dark grey schist face with a tremendous turban-style headdress, in a beautiful state of pre

Ca. 1800, 76 x 75 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan Small-format knotted trappings of this kind are known as khalyks. Most of the surviving examples were woven by the Tekke tribe. On the day of the wed

Ca. 1800 or earlier, 56 x 95 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan This unusual bag face showing every sign of great age cannot be assigned to any of the tribal groups defined to date. It is finely and reg

First half 19th century, 189 x 99 cm, Central Asia, East Turkestan A fragment of a multiple prayer rug (saf) from the Kashgar oasis. The surviving section consists of four mihrab fields which are stil

Central Asia; Cretaceous Period (65 - 144 million years ago). A fine nest of 6 eggs on matrix. No restoration. Dimensions Greatest length: 11" (28cm)

**First Time At Auction** Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 1st century CE. An incredible schist head wearing a turban-style headdress, in a beautiful state of pres

First half 19th century, 97 x 90 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan The field design of this very rare, square sitting rug consists of three rows of five Memling güls and chemche secondary motifs. Star

Second half 19th century, 176 x 146 cm, Central Asia, South West Uzbekistan This unusual suzani embroidered in the yurma stitch was probably made by a Lakai tribal group in the Kermina area. The found