Up for consideration is a Sotheby’s An Eye For Opulence – Art of the Ottoman Empire auction catalog (no. L12225) from April 24, 2012…330 lots on 203 pages…catalog in very good condition...some featured lots include (prices in EUR):
· An Aqqoyunlu Steel Turban Helmet, Turkey or Persia, second half 15th century (23,700-35,600)
· A Rare and Important Ottoman Silver Cup and Cover, Turkey, first half 16th century (119,000-178,000)
· A Fine Ottoman Silver-Gilt Tankard (Hanap), Balkans, circa 1550 (71,500-95,000)
· A Rare Iznik Blue and White ‘Golden Horn’ Jug, Turkey, circa 1530-40 (297,000-415,000)
· North Italian School, 17th century – Murad I, oil on canvas (178,000-237,000)
· A Gold-Overlaid and Engraved Steel Chanfron, Turkey, late 16th century (35,600-59,500)
· Attributed to Antoine Ignace Melling – Tophane Fountain, Constantinople, oil on gouache (95,000-143,000)
Catalog securely shipped in a rigid cardboard mailer.