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LOT 2040
Indian Mutton Fat Jade Carved Fish-Shaped Gunpowder Flask
LATE 20TH-21ST CENTURY A.D.
7 5/8 in. (331 grams, 19.5 cm).
Carved in the round in the form of a fish with S-curved body in grey-white stone; the finial a bird's head and neck; fish-head with open jaws, lotus-flower knops as stoppers.
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
LiteratureCf. Elsiedy, R., ‘Persian Powder Flasks Preserved in the Gayer–Anderson Museum in Cairo: An Archaeological and Artistic Study’ in Shedet, issue no.5 (2018) pp.138-161, fig.1-2, type II, for a similar type of flask.
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LOT 2040
Indian Mutton Fat Jade Carved Fish-Shaped Gunpowder Flask
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Egyptian Style Green Stone Hedgehog Amulet
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Acquired on the European art market in the early 2000s. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. -
Original Colosseum Poster by David Arnott
1970 A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Printed poster on mid-blue coarse paper with rose overprint; Guildhall Portsmouth concert with 'Colosseum' band and 'New Jazz Orchestra'. 22 grams, 76.2 x 51 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
'Colosseum' were an innovative band in the late 1960s, mixing blues, rock and jazz-based improvisational styles. Members of the group were previously with John Mayall's 'Bluesbreakers'. The original band split up in 1971, and reformed in 1994 and toured in Germany and elsewhere. With a new line-up, they are still playing today. -
Post Medieval Bronze Inscribed Pocket Ring Sundial
16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
A ring dial with two bands open to one side at the centre; the outer surface engraved with measurement points and letters along the open mid section; to the inside, a series of incised lines and numbers for the hours of the day. 15.2 grams, 46 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
