Agate and Other Necklace Bead Group

Comprising two designs in relief including three horses in an enclosure and two animals, likely cats, fighting; coloured glazes. 1.3 kg total, 10 x 9 - 10.5 x 9.5 cm



Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

The tile production increases in the second half of the sixteenth century and during the following centuries. The fragments discovered from various localities (pot-tiles, rectangular, triangular and trapezoidal panels, open-work crest tiles) were all produced in regional workshops, from the end of the 15th century or at the beginning of the 16th century. They all had diverse decorative motifs, mainly animals and geometrical or vegetal combinations, almost all of them singular finds for this study area.

Showing two figures standing in a courtyard, the woman with her head covered, pointing towards the hills beyond, gold-coloured embellishments to their clothes, border around the whole, Indian workmanship; set in a glazed wooden frame. 370 grams, 25.5 x 19.5 cm

Very fine condition.

Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.

Composed of items replicating ancient artefacts from a variety of time periods and cultures, including Egyptian faience scarab and shabti amulet; Near Eastern stone stamp and cylinder seals, animal amulets and figural beads; Roman eagle pin with eagle finial; together with other items including a finger ring, model head and large figural plaque. 310 grams total, 1.3-12.9 cm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.