Loading, please wait...
LOT 1222
Damascene Shallow Silver Dish with Gilt Decoration and Calligraphic Inscription
20TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 in. (218 grams, 14.1 cm).
With parcel-gilt rosettes and dense tendril field, panels to the outer edge filled with calligraphic text; three stub feet to reverse.
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
CONDITIONTimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 1222
Damascene Shallow Silver Dish with Gilt Decoration and Calligraphic Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
-
.jpg)
Elamite Bronze Spouted Vessel with Decorative Design
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
With hollow-formed bulbous body, a tiered rim and spout, diagonal fluting to the body, and a trumpet-shaped stepped base. 218 grams, 13 cm
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Simon Stylite Terracotta Pilgrim's Token
6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Plano-convex in section with impressed design of a nimbate figure crouching atop a column, flanked by levitating angels and standing nimbate figures, all within a pelleted border. 11.9 grams, 32 mm
Ex important Christian collection, 1970s. -
Canaanite Bronze Figure
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
A slender bronze figurine of a standing male with lowered arms, piriform head with bulbous eyes and slit mouth; mounted on a custom-made stand. 18.8 grams total, 65 mm including stand
Fine condition.
From the private collection of a medical professional; formerly part of a collection formed in Toulouse, France, since 1967. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
These representations in the style of figurines presumably represented household deities who were guardians of the home. In some cases figurines of this type were produced in groups of two or four.
