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LOT 0320
Abbasid Three-Colour Lustre Pottery Bowl Group
10TH CENTURY A.D.
7 - 7 1/2 in. (598 grams total, 18-19.2 cm).
Of rounded form on short foot with everted lip, each with hatched decoration on the reverse; one with stylised palmettes on dense dotted and hatched ground; the other with radial composition with floral branches; restored. [2]
Provenancewith Christie's, South Kensington, Art & Textiles of The Islamic & Indian Worlds, 8 April 2011, no.142.
Private collection, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12723-235153.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0320
Abbasid Three-Colour Lustre Pottery Bowl Group
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Silver Pendant with Engraved Garnet
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Ellipsoid garnet cloison with segmented border and calligraphic inscription, in silver cell with loop. 2.37 grams, 17 mm
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Western Asiatic Glass Cylinder Bead with Millefiori
Late 1st millennium B.C. or laterEstimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £130
Tubular in form with inset discoid panels of millefiori and other glass. 10.6 grams, 32 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. Private collection, London. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Syro-Hittite Bronze Idol
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From the Swiss private collection of Hans Wiedemann, Biel/Bienne, since the 1990s. Ex S. L. Antiquarian Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Private Swiss collection, Basel-Landschaft, acquired from T. B. on the Swiss art market, Basel. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Figures like this one were presented as offerings in the temples, however they were also used in households to protect against evil spirits.
