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Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Graduated group of restrung tubular and tabular beads with gilt-metal interstitial collars; centrepiece of a large cylindrical agate bead with gold end-caps; S-hook and eye closure; with custom display box. 126 grams total, 56.5 cm long
Ex Swiss collection, kept in London since the 1980s.
Ex Swiss collection, kept in London since the 1980s.
The frog modelled in the round with anatomical detailing, pierced at the middle. 0.45 grams, 7 mm
Acquired in Switzerland, 1999.
Private collection, Europe.
Acquired in Switzerland, 1999.
Private collection, Europe.
The frog modelled in the round with anatomical detailing, pierced at the middle. 0.34 grams, 6 mm
Acquired in Switzerland, 1999.
Private collection, Europe.
Acquired in Switzerland, 1999.
Private collection, Europe.
.jpg "Sassanian Rock Crystal Jewish Stamp Seal")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
Plano-convex in profile with longitudinal ribbing to the upper face, lulav and etrog symbols inside an epigraphic border with legend 'Huna bar Barna' (Huna son of Barna); with three separate impressions of the seal. 6.81 grams, 18 mm
London family collection, 1979.
with Christie's, London.
Private collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly report by Professor Shaul Shaked, August 1999.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12427-226887.
See Gyselen, R., Acta Iranica 44. Sasanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection, Leuven, 2007, p.18-23, for discussion.
London family collection, 1979.
with Christie's, London.
Private collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly report by Professor Shaul Shaked, August 1999.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12427-226887.
See Gyselen, R., Acta Iranica 44. Sasanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection, Leuven, 2007, p.18-23, for discussion.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Plano-convex in profile with incuse scene of two horsemen each with an arm raised supporting a segmented banner; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 16.3 grams, 24 mm
UK private collection, 1980-1983.
Private collection, London.
Cf. Gyselen, R., Acta Iranica 44. Sasanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection, Leuven, 2007, item 30.C.2, for type.
UK private collection, 1980-1983.
Private collection, London.
Cf. Gyselen, R., Acta Iranica 44. Sasanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection, Leuven, 2007, item 30.C.2, for type.
Plano-convex in profile with intaglio motif of a winged gryphon with profile crowned head, text to the border; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.97 grams, 18 mm
UK private collection, 1980 to 1983.
Private collection, London, UK.
UK private collection, 1980 to 1983.
Private collection, London, UK.
.jpg "Eastern Levant Zoomorphic AE Shekel Weight")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
In the form of a horse reclining; inscription in Paleo-Hebrew or Phoenician engraved on base: ŠQL QRQR ('Shekel of Karkor?). 18.53 grams, 39 x 19 x 11mmCondition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, E Sale 564, lot 1302.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12428-226549.
See Hendin, Ancient Scale Weights -; Pondera -; Rochesnard -; Elayi & Elayi, Recherches -. see Moscati, S., see I Fenici, Milano, 1992, for discussion.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, E Sale 564, lot 1302.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12428-226549.
See Hendin, Ancient Scale Weights -; Pondera -; Rochesnard -; Elayi & Elayi, Recherches -. see Moscati, S., see I Fenici, Milano, 1992, for discussion.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,940
Drum-shaped with two rows of discoid plaques to the sidewall and another to the underside. 387 grams, 13 cm (1.37 kg total, 23.5 x 23.5 x 13 cm including box)
with Kojiro Ishiguro (1916-1992), Tokyo, in 1978-1979.
Private collection, Japan.
Ex Gallery Mari by February 2004.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue pages.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12429-225439.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2005, item 50, for type.
with Kojiro Ishiguro (1916-1992), Tokyo, in 1978-1979.
Private collection, Japan.
Ex Gallery Mari by February 2004.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue pages.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12429-225439.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2005, item 50, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Comprising: rectangular plaque and stepped finial; the plaque with beaded border and hatched inner band framing figural scenes in two registers; finial with horseman aiming his bow while galloping forwards, dead animals at his horse's hooves; underside segmented. 50.3 grams, 70 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
With repoussé design of a perching regardant bird of prey within a beaded border. 227 grams, 24 cm
From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12430-225767.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 135700, for an example of comparable form; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 67.201, for another example of comparable form and style.
From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12430-225767.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 135700, for an example of comparable form; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 67.201, for another example of comparable form and style.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,015
Hollow-formed with openwork columnar shaft and low-relief calligraphic bands, bulb to each end; broad discoid platter with raised rim; tripod base with low-relief knotwork to the dome and crouching animal to each foot. 3.25 kg, 64 cm
Acquired in Iran, 1960s-1970s.
Kept in the UK since 1981.
Private collection, London, UK.
Cf. Fehérvári, G., Islamic Metalwork of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, London, 1976, item 97, for type.
Acquired in Iran, 1960s-1970s.
Kept in the UK since 1981.
Private collection, London, UK.
Cf. Fehérvári, G., Islamic Metalwork of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, London, 1976, item 97, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Bound paper manuscript with text in Farsi script, the pages with applied stiff paper edges and binding; mainly set out in three blue-ink ruled columns with text in black ink and headings in red, or as a larger block spanning all three columns with text in a more expansive hand; some marginal notations, numerals, etc.; library binding with olive-green leather covers, decorative tooling and stamped arabesque ornament picked out in red-brown, red spine; the text with inter alia references to Moses, Mount Sinai, Mullana Rummy and Abu Ali Sina; some pages stamped with the matrix of the person who donated this manuscript to a religious centre. 821 grams, 23.4 x 17.5 cm
Private Norfolk collection, early 2000s.
Private Norfolk collection, early 2000s.
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