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LOT 0259
Indo-Parthian Silver Bowl
CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C.-EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (233 grams, 18.1 cm).
Squat in profile with gently domed base, curved sidewall with carination below the rim.
ProvenanceAcquired from a private UK collection prior to 1979.
Ex Julian Sherrier collection, a leading figure in Gandharan art.
with Christie's, New York, sale 2337, 14th September 2010, no.51 (part).
Cf. Barratte, F., East and West, A Central Asia Silver hoard from the Parthian East, 2002, p.45, fig.27.
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LOT 0259
Indo-Parthian Silver Bowl
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Bronze Spearhead
1200-1100 B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
With an ovate blade, central rib and curved shoulders, the lozenge-section long shaft tapering towards the end, a rectangular tang with a bent tip. 830 grams, 40 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
The spearhead represents a slender variant of type 1 of the Khorasani classification. The type 1 was characterised by a bent tang. It was the evolution of a typology which began much earlier in Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent, the type 4 of the Stronach classification, with a straight tang and square section, usually thickened at the base with a button tang. -
Mesopotamian Steatite Bowl with Animals and Palm Trees
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £12,000 - 17,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £6,000
Drum-shaped steatite vessel with broad flat rim; low-relief frieze to the outer face: dense vegetation panels with hatched treetrunks and fronds, resting quadrupeds, each with the legs folded beneath the body. 5.3 kg, 24.5 cm wide
Acquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent. Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13026-246787. -
Large Bactrian Alabaster Bowl with Bronze-Encrusted Base
3500-3100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Broad shallow bowl with integral basal ring, carination below the rim, encrusted bronze circle to the underside. 2.21 kg, 30 cm wide
Private collection, Kent, UK.
