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LOT 1330
Chalcolithic Fertility Figure
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (88 grams, 82 mm high).
Formed as a seated female with pinched facial features, applied collar, arms bent and hands on the hips, flared skirt with separately moulded legs protruding; repaired.
ProvenanceFrom the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
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Safavid Drawing of a Western Pilgrim
Circa 1680 A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Ink on paper; drawing of a Western noblewoman or pilgrim; mounted with dark blue reveal in a Victorian gilt ornate frame and later illuminated border with decorative gold and red paint. 2.3 kg, 36 x 49 cm including frame
Acquired from the UK art market. Private Scottish collection.
The headgear may suggest that the subject is Portuguese, if it depicts the traditional 'capote e capelo' hood. -
Nabataean Decorated Red Pottery Dish
Circa 3rd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Broad and of low conical profile with inturned carinated rim, basal ring; applied pattern of quarters and coiled swirls. 99 grams, 12.6 cm
From an important collection of terracotta pre 1988, London and Geneva. -
Aramaic Terracotta Magic Bowl with Cursive Script
4th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
An unglazed terracotta trumpet-shaped bowl with the faint remains of Aramaic-script to the inside; accompanied by a smaller bowl with three concentric rings of recently overpainted pseudo Aramaic-script to the upper face. 277 grams total, 9.5-12.4 cm
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995. with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003. Property of a London based academic, 2003-present.
Aramaic incantation bowls are particular to the Sassanian period and have been found in regions of modern Iraq. These simple ceramic bowls, also known as magic bowls, each contain an Aramaic inscription, written in ink, which spirals from the centre. The bowls seem to have played an important part in domestic life. For example, during excavation in Nippur in 1889, one or more incantation bowls were found in each house together with domestic artefacts, most often in doorways or under floorboards in the corner of rooms. The bowls are predominantly apotropaic, and the inscriptions tend to protect their owners from misfortunes such as those faced in child-birth, illness and evil spirits.
