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LOT 1514
Bactrian Style Alabaster Jar
20TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 in. (1.3 kg, 14 cm wide).
Squat jar with gussetted sidewall, rounded rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Silver Fob Seal Collection with Calligraphic Gemstones
Circa 19th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
One composed of an openwork trefoil stem and oval base set with a polished stone bearing a calligraphic inscription in Arabic; one featuring a leaf-shaped openwork handle with rectangular base set with polished carnelian bearing an Arabic(?) calligraphic inscription. 10.6 grams total, 24-29 mm
From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980. -
Redware Chi Rho Roundel
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A reproduction with border of roundels and pelletted chevrons, tondo with Chi Rho christogram between roundels; edge repaired. 44 grams, 69 mm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
The monogram depicted on the roundel is bearing the Greek letters X and P, i.e. the initials of Christ. This Chrismon was widely used in the Roman world after Constantine the Great. Roundels with the Chi Rho monogram, widely spread from Constantine I onwards, would have been in use especially among ecclesiastic hierarchy as a distinctive token of their status. -
Stone Oil Lamp Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Group comprising: hand-carved stone zoomorphic oil lamp in the form of an animal (possibly a bear); a stone oil lamp decorated with flowers. 895 grams total, 11.7-13.4 cm
From an old Tonbridge private ethnographical collection. From the collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
The vessels are hollowed out allowing it to serve as both fill hole and wick and the body is decorated with dot and circle and stylised plant incisions.
