JapanX Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 Straight from the Museum of Legion of Honor. Thanks to Mytia and his friend Sonja Karpenko
Mitya Ivanov Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) Well, Nick-m'pal, in their catalogue they say the stones are "cristal taille" - i.e. not diamonds (otherwise they'd call it "diamonds":). Edited March 15, 2013 by Mitya Ivanov
JapanX Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 Well, Nick-m'pal, in their catalogue they say the stones are "cristal taille" - i.e. not diamonds (otherwise they'd call it "diamonds":). Hmmm... Usually we call them paste stones or strass stones :lol:
Mitya Ivanov Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 Oh, no: usually WE call them "стразы", but THEY do really speak - you won't believe! - FRENCH:)
JapanX Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 ... but THEY do really speak - you won't believe! - FRENCH:) You don't say! Discovery after discovery
Markus Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 Thanks Mitya & Nick for great posts! The Legion of Honour Nishan-i-Moqaddas piece looks like the ones on display in Istanbul at the Topkapi Palace museum. Not sure if these are diamonds or glass stones either, but they are quite rare since they were given out only to heads of state and command crazy prices on auctions when they do pop up once every blue moon. With such fine workmanship and the type of medallion paintings, I think they are all French made. Also see post #100 and #110 in this thread, Nishan-i-Moqaddas.
drclaw Posted March 16, 2013 Author Posted March 16, 2013 Wow, talk about bling! How much do these go for at auctions Markus? I still can't shake that suspicion that some folks buy diamond encrusted orders to break out the diamonds ...
JapanX Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 I still can't shake that suspicion that some folks buy diamond encrusted orders to break out the diamonds ... More likely some folks buy diamond encrusted orders to break out cristal taille
JapanX Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 Ok. Check it out guys. Familiar central medallion painting
Markus Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 (edited) Wow, talk about bling! How much do these go for at auctions Markus? I still can't shake that suspicion that some folks buy diamond encrusted orders to break out the diamonds ... Hi Gavin! Here is a similar order without stones that you may remember from the Tamman Auction 80, lot 733. It went for 10,000 Swiss Franc and adding auction commissions probably went out the door for close to 14,000 US dollars. I asked a dealer that had a few of the Nishan-iMoqaddas pieces listed for sale and he told me he recently sold a "crudely made Persian made one with glass stones" to a collector for $200,000 US, so the nicely made European made samples would sell for more! Markus Edited March 16, 2013 by Markus
JapanX Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 "crudely made Persian made one with glass stones" to a collector for $200,000 US, so the nicely made European made samples would sell for more!
Markus Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 (edited) Ok. Check it out guys. Familiar central medallion painting Hi Nick! The only maker that had used this type of ray painting was Wolfers, one of my favorite makers! Their lion paintings are superb! Edited March 16, 2013 by Markus
JapanX Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 (edited) Hi Nick! The only maker that had used this type of ray painting was Wolfers, one of my favorite makers! Their lion paintings are superb! + 1 :beer: Edited March 16, 2013 by JapanX
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 Back on track Looks like we a couple of interesting pieces from this mysterious workshop of (Ya)shahshahi ((Na)shahshai ?). We were talking about this maker in posts # 151-153
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