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LOT 1278
Framed Double-Sided Ottoman Painted Miniature Leaf with Figure and Horse
20TH CENTURY A.D.
12 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. (720 grams, 32.5 x 22.6 cm).
Rectangular laid paper page mounted in a bifacial glazed wooden frame; obverse painted image of a nimbate figure with long hanks of hair advancing with arms raised, four lines of neat nasta'liq text below; reverse an advancing horse with long tail, text in two lines above and below. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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LOT 1278
Framed Double-Sided Ottoman Painted Miniature Leaf with Figure and Horse
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Opening Bid: £50
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Ex 'S' collection, 1970s-1990s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
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Tell Halaf Painted Terracotta Vessel
2900-2500 B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Biconical in profile with narrow base, broad shoulder and everted flared rim; painted concentric herringbone band to the shoulder and swags beneath. 712 grams, 18 cm wide
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12258-222363.
