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LOT 1011
Fatimid Bone Knife Handle with Seated Lion
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 in. (25.4 grams, 14 cm).
Elliptical in section and tapering with socket to the lower end, finial to the upper end carved as a lion crouching with incised detailing.
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
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LOT 1011
Fatimid Bone Knife Handle with Seated Lion
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Amuletic Jade Pendant with Kufic Inscription
20th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
Mottled stone engraved with Kufic text over three lines; integral suspension loop. 11 grams, 40 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. -
Trans Jordan Redware Burnished Jar
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Of globular form with flat base and funicular neck; two lug handles to the shoulder. 260 grams, 12.5 cm high
Fine condition.
Ex Hands of the Potter exhibition. Faustus Gallery, Jermyn Street, 1990s. London, UK, collection. -
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Western Asiatic Finely-Painted Ceramic Pitcher
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
The body with convex sidewall and rounded base, trumpet-shaped neck with everted rim, short spout to the shoulder and strap handle to the rear; painted decoration including linear bands and hatched panels. 1.2 kg, 19 cm high
Fine condition.
Acquired 1970s-1990s. Ex Rabi Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK. From a specialist collection of pottery.
