Framed Indo-Persian Watercolour Painting

A silver finger ring with scaphoid bezel, incuse image of an armoured warrior with shield and spear, a horseman and a hatched gate or wall. 4.12 grams, 25.84 mm overall, 21.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)



Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

A watercolour painting showing scene composed of a figure being transported by four winged mythical creatures, two groups of onlookers seated in the landscape below; two columns of text below; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 1 kg, 48 x 30.2 cm

Fine condition.

Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.

A bronze compartmented stamp seal in the form of a stylised bovine, suspension loop to reverse; accompanied by a typed and signed scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, the late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: '...This is a compartmented seal, not openwork, with a stout suspension loop on the back. The shape is that of a bovine with short curly tail, heavy body, thick neck and only a very slight hump. For practical reasons there are only the shortest of horns, where, as with the feet, the ridge around the edges of the seal is not continued. This comes from west central Asia, and dates to c.2300-2000 B.C. It is a very rare piece of great merit.' 22 grams, 52 mm



1980s-early 1990s collection, UK. Accompanied by an original typed and signed scholarly note issued by the late Professor W.G. Lambert.