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LOT 1145
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 1145
Fatimid Bone Knife Handle with Seated Lion
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Bronze Inscribed Weight
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Biconical in profile with ribbing to the equator, three inscribed characters to the shoulder. 3 grams, 14 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Gold Bead Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £538
Including spherical, biconical, barrel-shaped and other types. 7.98 grams total, 5-12 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s-2000s. -
Seljuk Bronze Belt Fitting with Lion
12th-13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With rectangular loop below, slot to rear to accept the belt, two holes for attachment pins; reserved lion image. 16.7 grams, 34 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
