“eu oA : gate y eat a sf aon i at by oe ( eehidh ath sa of 34 Se eh hed eg e ie : init aha ala pA Pia iat Od ab fetal, 3 Fit Wy Peera HEB aM Va ag! PER lat Cara pital Maan ad at, Be aie wash Wail daira ed: wale GS-8 5 Bn ah ath si awel ger g pie k ait oat ai aiid Pall Aan op ¥ os) sFMbad af ate BK anae od argh oie Tsien Hew “ Lo hadeit eer te eed eet nae i a a hae) mma Tyree re Paeeer ome yp op Ah sy ety iat em RN Ts aS Ey thee 8 yay thd aherg ogy 3.7 wetyt vf" dasee 34 ati e.e gi eeer serier a ON FREE PUBLIC VIEW AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES MADISON SQUARE SOUTH, NEW YORK BEGINNING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5th, 1920 AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC SALE THE KOUCHAKJI FRERES COLLECTION OF RARE PERSIAN FAIENCES AND LUSTRES, PERSIAN MINIATURES AND RUGS, GREEK AND ROMAN GLASS AND JEWELRY, GOTHIC WOOD CARVINGS, EMBROIDERIES AND 16th AND 17th CENTURY RUGS TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS FEBRUARY 13th AND 14th, 1920 BEGINNING EACH AFTERNOON AT 2.30 O'CLOCK No. 351—VASE. MESOPOTAMIAN RAKKA (Ninth Century) ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF RARE ANTIQUE PERSIAN FAIENCES AND LUSTRES GREEK AND ROMAN GLASS PERSIAN MINIATURES ANTIQUE JEWELRY, GOTHIC WOOD CARVINGS EMBROIDERIES AND TEXTILES AND 16th AND 17th CENTURY RUGS BELONGING TO THE EXPERTS MESSRS. KOUCHAKJI FRERES NEW YORK CITY TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES ON THE AFTERNOONS HEREIN STATED CATALOGUE BY KOUCHAKJI FRERES THE SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY AND HIS ASSISTANT, MR. OTTO BERNET, OF THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, MANAGERS NEW YORK 1920 paises gee | mE a : - ge © . | @ ms ; 7 ‘ fx, s & os © eta ‘ 208 es ; z HZ > 4 BS : Pe ag 7 : “aX + , | Baa * 2 ee S e sit : oe i <3) * en ; A ik INTRODUCTION As all large public museums and private collections in this country and abroad possess objects of ancient art supplied by our firm, little or nothing need be said here of the nature and value of our special- ties, which have stood the severe tests of critics and the judgment of the connoisseurs. Since the close of the war and the opening of the ports of Syria many objects accumulated by our representatives during the war have been incorporated in our collections in Paris. A selection of these has lately been received by us and is now offered to Ameri- can art lovers, collectors and connoisseurs with full consciousness that we have done the utmost to please every individual taste and to suit every need. Many of the objects are unique and all are rare and desirable. The overflow of antiques from Syria, Persia and Mesopotamia, con- stant and abundant in the past, has long since reached its maximum. It will soon be greatly restricted and in no very distant future is des- tined to entirely cease. ‘Those who can profit by the present abundance will procure incomparable objects which will not only remain a joy forever, but will increase in value by leaps and bounds and _ soon become priceless and unattainable at any figure. The present catalogue has been prepared with the same minute care as that bestowed on all issued by us, and every object has been de- scribed and dated according to the latest researches and scientific con- clusions. They may be implicitly relied upon by those who are not expert in such matters and who are willmg to be guided by our experience and judgment. KOUCHAKJI FRERES. CONDITIONS OF SALE 1. Any bid which is merely a nominal or fractional advance may be rejected by the auctioneer, if, in his judgment, such bid would be likely to affect the sale injuriously. 2. The highest bidder shall be the buyer, and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders, the auctioneer shall either decide the same or put up for re-sale the lot so in dispute. 3. Payment shall be made of all or such part of the purchase money as may be required, and the names and addresses of the pur- chasers shall be given immediately on the sale of every lot, in default of which the lot so purchased shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. Payment of that part of the purchase money not made at the time of sale shall be made within ten days thereafter, in default of which the undersigned may either continue to hold the lots at the risk of the purchaser and take such action as may be necessary for the enforcement of the sale, or may at public or private sale, and without other than this notice, re-sell the lots for the benefit of such purchaser, and the deficiency (if any) arising from such re-sale shall be a charge against such purchaser. 4. Delivery of any purchase will be made only upon payment of the total amount due for all purchases at the sale. Deliveries will be made on sales days between the hours of 9 A. M. and 1 P. M., and on other days—except holidays—between the hours of 9 A. M. and 5 P. M. Delivery of any purchase will be made only at the American Art Galleries, or other place of sale, as the case may be, and only on pre- senting the bill of purchase. Delivery may be made, at the discretion of the Association, of any purchase during the session of the sale at which it was sold. 5. Shipping, boxing or wrapping of purchases is a business in which the Association is in no wise engaged, and will not be performed by the Association for purchasers. The Association will, however, afford to purchasers every facility for employing at current and reasonable rates carriers and packers; doing so, however, without any assumption of responsibility on its part for the acts and charges of the parties engaged for such service. 6. Storage of any purchase shall be at the sole risk of the pur- chaser. Title passes upon the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer, and thereafter, while the Association will exercise due caution in caring for and delivering such purchase, it will not hold itself responsible if such purchase be lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed. Storage charges will be made upon all purchases not removed within ten days from the date of the sale thereof. 7. Guarantee is not made either by the owner or the Association of the correctness of the description, genuineness or authenticity of any — lot, and no sale will be set aside on account of any incorrectness, error of cataloguing, or any imperfection not noted. Every lot is on public exhibition one or more days prior to its sale, after which it is sold “as is” and without recourse. The Association exercises great care to catalogue every lot cor- rectly, and will give consideration to the opinion of any trustworthy expert to the effect that any lot has been incorrectly catalogued, and, in its judgment, may either sell the lot as catalogued or make mention of the opinion of such expert, who thereby would become responsible for such damage as might result were his opinion without proper foundation. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, New York City. THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION MANAGERS SALE AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES Collection of MESSRS. KOUCHAK]JI FRERES Afternoons of February 13 and 14, 1920 To save time and to prevent mistakes each Purchaser will oblige the Managers by filling in this slip and handing it to the Record Clerk or Sales Attendant on making the first purchase. Purchaser’s Name Address in Full Amount of Deposii SRS SSSCSCSHSCSCSE SSC HAAS TEH CHUA STEHT THAEEEHR BROAD S CATALOGUE FIRST AFTERNOON’S SALE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT 2.30 O'CLOCK Catalogue Nos. | to 190, inclusive EGYPTIAN, ALEXANDRIAN, GREEK, ROMAN, ARABIC AND OTHER ANTIQUE GLASS I—Cur. ALEXANDRIAN First Century Made of paper-weight glass, in delicate form and proportions. Below the rim is a band of pinched supports. The outer sur- face is beautifully iridescent. Height, 3 inches. 2—VasE. ALEXANDRIAN Second Century Both the body and the neck are intensely golden on account of the golden interior patina. The body is fluted. Height, 3 inches. 3—VasE. ALEXANDRIAN First Century Made of thin, translucent, yellowish glass decorated with a single spiral thread band from neck to base. Height, 3 inches. First Afternoon 4—Vasr. PTOLEMAIC First Century B.C. A rare specimen of glass vase of the earliest blown kind known. The spherical body and the small outward-turned handles are an unusual combination in that period. A golden patina covers the whole surface. Height, 214 inches. 5—VaszE. Roman First Century Made of fine violet purple glass pressed in a mould with six rectangular sides in true Sidonian fashion. Covered with a vio- let iridescence. Height, 314 inches. 6—GosLeEt-vasE. Roman Third Century Made of paper-weight, transparent white glass, and made with a perfect technique. Besides the thin white patina, there is much greenish iridescence. Height, 314 inches. 7—Conicat GosLeT. ARABIC Tenth Century An Arabic beaker made of white glass. It is covered with a heavy patina under which is seen a brilliant iridescence. Height, 514, inches. 8—VasE. ALEXANDRIAN Second Century Made in the form of a sprinkler but without inner diaphragm. The body is decorated with rows of low bosses and is covered with a silvery moon-light iridescence and shows a patch of steel- blue. Height, 3 inches. 9—Vasz. Roman Third Century Made of heavy white glass, iridescent and covered with a patina like that of mother-of-pearl. The body is ground and molded with seven rectangular sides, and neck is decorated with circular shields. A choice specimen. Height, 31% inches. First Afternoon 10—Vasr. ALEXANDRIAN Second Century Form of perfect symmetry, in transparent yellow glass; fluted body, narrow neck, one handle and a wide lip. A fine metallic luster. Height, 4 inches. 11—Fiat. Roman Second Century A Roman toilet flask made of white glass, now covered with much fiery iridescence. The tall slender neck indicates it to have been used to hold perfumed waters. Height, 6%, inches. 12—Vasr. Roman End of First Century Blown of heavy glass which was afterward ground to size and form. The spherical body is decorated with ground-in-the-sur- face concentric lines. The yellowish glass is pitted with patina and covered with much iridescence in spots and flakes. Height, 7 1/8 inches. 13—VaszE. ProLEeMaic Iirst Century Made of yellow paper-weight glass. A pear-shaped body, a slender neck and a small rim. The surface is decorated with a spiral thread from neck to base. Height, 4%, inches. 14—Vasr. Roman Second Century Spherical body, a double shoulder and a cylindrical neck. Made of pure white glass, stamped in a mould, decorated with hexag- onal cells in honey-comb design. Fine pinkish iridescence. Height, 3%, inches. 15—VasE. Roman Third Century Made of green glass and in pleasing form. ‘The later Roman glass of which this is a fine example, is rarer than the earlier glass, hence it is less common in collections. Height, 5 inches. First Afternoon 16—Vasr-FLAsk. ARABIC Early Arabic A very beautiful bottle of Alexandrian or Syrian make dating from the time when the Arabic artisans had reached a high de- gree of artistic skill. It is made of transparent pinkish white glass, now covered with a corrugated patina and metallic iridescence. Height, 51% inches. 17—ConicaL BEAKER. Tenth Century This little cup is made of pure white transparent glass, now covered with a fine violet iridescence. Height, 314 inches. 18—Vasr. ALEXANDRIAN Augustan Period Blown in a mould and ground to a form. Made of white glass; iridescent and covered with a silvery patina with tints of gold and turquoise green. The neck is decorated with a spiral thread. Height, 4 inches. 19—Vasr. Roman Third Century Made of white translucent glass. The spherical body is dec- orated with three turns of a spiral thread and one turn of a wave. The upright rim is connected with the shoulder by three small loop handles. Very fine. Height, 4 inches. 20—Conicat Braker. Arasic Tenth Century Made of pure white glass. The base is decorated with a black knob. There are four ground out bands below the rim. Iri- descent. Height, 41/. inches. 21—VaszE. Roman Second Century Spherical bowl with low and wide neck, made of yellowish white glass in a mould. Honey-comb cells on the shoulder. The whole is covered with a corrugated patina and fine iridescence. Height, 31% inches. First Afternoon 22—VasE. ALEXANDRIAN First Century Made of the thin paper-weight glass of the early period of blown glass. Patina and multi-colored iridescence superb. Height, 4 inches. 23—VasE. Syro-Roman Fourth Century Of Oriental form, its use was that of holding perfumed liquids. The low spherical body, the tall slender neck decorated with a spiral and contracted lip, are all covered with the marbled patina found in the ware of no other period or make. Height, 7. inches. 24—Cur. ARABIC Tenth Century White transparent glass with a horizontal row of black, olive- shaped bosses. Fine interior iridescence. Height, 25% inches; width, 3 inches. 25—VasE. Roman Second Century Blown from violet glass, the body afterwards decorated by being rolled over a die, with hexagonal cells and beehive design. Cov- ered with a subdued metallic luster of decorative effect. Height, 2% inches. 26—VasE. ALEXANDRIAN First Century A cylindrical vase with a fiat loop handle made of a pale golden yellow glass, its whole surface being covered with a thin, even and beautiful golden luster. ‘This luster is all the more beau- tiful because it is without flaw or interference by corrosion. There is also much subdued iridescence. Height, 51%, inches. 27—Torret Vase. Roman Augustan Period A delicately designed little flask made of sherry colored glass, now covered with a white, spotted patina. Its slender neck is divided by a small nodus, most unusual in this classic ware. Some very fiery and feather-streaked iridescence. Height, 3%, inches. First Afternoon 28—Vasr Jar. ALEXANDRIAN Augustan Era This spherical vase is almost without a neck, but has a narrow, low mouth, surrounded with a rim. The bowl is decorated on the shoulder with a few elevated radii spreading downwards. The surface is tawny yellow, covered with green and yellow iridescence. Height, 8 inches. 29—VasE. Roman Second Century Spherical body, wide and low neck, formed in a mould with hexagonal cells in honey-comb style. Made of fine greenish yel- low glass, with much patina and some iridescence. Height, 31, inches. 30—Vasr. Roman Third Century A spherical ‘body, distinct shoulder and a narrow cylindrical neck; made of remarkably pure greenish-yellow glass. A spiral thread below the rim. Height, 4 inches. 31—Vasr. Syrian | Fourth Century Moulded and decorated on the body with three rows of conflu- ent circular shields in network fashion. Made of dark brown glass, now iridescent and covered with a white, pitted and metallic patina. Height, 31, inches. 32—VasrE. ALEXANDRIAN Second Century Made of transparent yellow glass in the form of a Greek wine flask. The body is finely decorated with twisted flutings, and the surface is fresh as if made to-day. Height, 4 inches. 33—VasrE. Proiemaic First Century B.C. This beautifully iridescent glass vase is designed as a Greck am- phora, but with one handle. It is made of thick, yellowish glass, with a slender body and wide rim. It was undoubtedly blown from a tube. Height, 61%, inches. First Afternoon 34—VasE. Roman Second Century Spherical body and short cylindrical neck. Made of wine col- ored yellow glass blown in a mould, and decorated with hexag- onal cells in honey-comb pattern. The surface is covered with a fine blue and green iridescence like that of a green opal. Height, 314, inches. 35—Roman Vase. Second Century Made of deep blue glass, now covered with iridescence, especially on the shoulder and neck. The conical truncate body and the side rim are finely proportioned. Height, 4 inches. 36—VasE. SyRIAN Third to Fourth Century This moulded vase made.of dark opaque glass, is covered with a pitted white patina. The form is unlike most other early Christian vessels. Height, 31% inches. 3o7—VasE. ALEXANDRIAN Augustan Pertod Made of thick heavy glass blown in a mould. Now covered with unusually attractive irridescence, increasing in brilliancy from neck to base. The fluted bowl appears as if wrought with the colors of the rainbow. Height, 21%, inches. 88—AmrpuHora Vase. Roman Second Century Made of dark yellow glass, with thick walls, all ground down to size and form. ‘The body is spherical with flat shoulder, two minute decorative loop handles and a low neck. The body 1s decorated with bands consisting of seven narrow lines and two wider ones, all ground out. A rare type. Height, 31/, inches. 89—VaseE SPRINKLER. ALEXANDRIAN First Century A four sided moulded glass flask with pressed concave sides, a low neck and a wide rim, with interior diaphragm, once used as a perfume sprinkler. Made of greenish glass, now iridescent. Height, 3 inches. First Afternoon 40—Vase. ALEXANDRIAN Augustan Period Made of heavy glass, decorated with stamped-on flutings. The spherical body and the low neck are densely covered with a metallic patina and much handsome iridescence in all the colors of the rainbow. Height, 3% inches. 41—VaszE. Roman Second Century This little vase is made of very thin, fine blue glass. The body is pear-shaped and ends upwards with a funnel-shaped neck and mouth. Held to the light the color is peacock-blue. Height, 41% inches. 42—VasE SPRINKLER. SIDONIAN First Century This fine vessel was blown in a mould and made of transparent white glass, now iridescent. The wide mouth with its inner diaphragm shows it was used as a perfume sprinkler. Height, 31% inches. 43—Tortet Vast. Roman Augustan Era An unguent jar of the earliest period of blown glass, made of greenish white glass now covered with much interesting patina and a great deal of silvery iridescence. Height, 4 inches. 44—'Tortet VasE. ALEXANDRIAN Second Century This is a beautiful object in the form of an oil flask. The rim is drawn and the loop handle is almost perpendicular. It is also covered with an intensely brilliant silvery patina. Height, 4 inches. 45—Vasz. ALEXANDRIAN Second Century A perfect spherical flask with wide neck and the body decorated _ with impressed flutings. The smooth surface is covered with metallic patina and a yellowish iridescence. Height, 3 inches. First Afternoon 46—Cur. ALEXANDRIAN Augustan Era A moulded cup, made of fine, transparent bluish green-tinted glass. The wide, upright and somewhat funnel-shaped rim, with its narrow bowl, seems to indicate its use as a toilet article perhaps for unguents.