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LOT 1414
Bactrian Banded Agate Bead Group
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D. AND LATER
3/4 - 1 1/8 in. (69 grams total, 19-29 mm).
Comprising of barrel and oval beads. [12]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, England.
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Personal Bronze Tag of Zahra Governor of Esphahan
14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
A medieval period flat-section rectangular plaque pierced at the broad end with incised calligraphic legend: 'Zahra the splendid or the radiant governor of Esphahan ...', Zaraa or Zahra is a female name which also refers to boundless beauty (ذرع اصفهانی واسع الخلیفه با ما معمور). 10.6 grams, 51 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Fertility Figure Group
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Modelled in the half-round on a low conical base, three stylised beaked heads with pointillé headdresses. 37.2 grams, 84 mm
Ex private collection, London, UK, 1969-1999. -
Post-Sasanian Cut Glass Vase
Circa 9th-10th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Trumpet-shaped neck with facets to the outer face, broad shoulder and gently flared body with wheel-cut arcading to the sidewall; supplied in a custom-made display box. 222 grams, 14 cm
Private collection, UK.
The vessel belongs to the category of glass items with cut decoration. Usually, the neck of these vessels presents seven sides, the shoulder nine or eleven, between horizontal grooves. Arcade-like motifs adorn the body. The body presents nine, ten or eleven sides above the base.
