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LOT 1237
Achaemenid Bronze Flared Phiale Mesomphalos
CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/8 in. (142 grams, 13.7 cm).
Squat-bodied with carination to the shoulder and everted rim, central flat discoid base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. similar phiale (offering bowl) lacking the detailed stampwork in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession number 1989.11.7.
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LOT 1237
Achaemenid Bronze Flared Phiale Mesomphalos
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Western Asiatic Decorated Dish with Animal Feet
12th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With low sidewall and flat everted rim, three radiating feet to the underside, each a quadruped with lowered head; sidewall with band of low-relief roundels each containing a perching bird in profile; rim with knotwork and guilloche panels interrupted by roundels; inner face of the bowl with low-relief band of roundels containing profile birds, hounds and other animals, surrounding a scene depicting a huntsman on horseback with billowing cape, a hound running beside the horse's legs and a bird perching above the horse's head, second hound crouching above the horse's rump. 1.15 kg, 18 cm diameter
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Property of a London gentleman. -
Luristan Bronze Bowl
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Hemispherical in profile with thin sidewall and circumferential lines below the rim. 109 grams, 10.2 cm
From a 1990s German collection. Ex London, UK, gallery. -
Islamic Leather Bound Manuscript, Allibab al Maenari by the Philosopher Hussain bin Ali Al-Kashif Al-Baihaqi
18th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, central arabesque foliage panel to covers; 16 laid-paper page; title page with rectangular-red-ink frame and title blocks and panels of naskh text below a triangular panel of scrolled foliage ornament; text pages with red-framed rectangular blocks of black-ink text with red headers, occasional marginal notation, disc stamps to first and last pages. 171 grams, 14 x 23 cm
From an important family collection started in the late 1950s. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
The text is the Book of Allibab al Maenari on Philosophy by the Philosopher Hussain bin Ali Al-Kashif Al-Baihaqi; once the property of Judge Ahmed Nazif in Belgrade in the 18th century A.D.
