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LOT 1944
Indo-Persian Decorated Iron Shield Boss
CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 in. (95 grams, 16.5 cm wide).
Slightly domed disc with attachment holes at the rim; incised border of reserved scrolled tendrils on a pounced field. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From a gentleman's collection from East Sussex, UK.
Cf. similar umbo in Bashir, M., The Arts of the Muslim Knight, The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection, Milano, 2008, p.361.
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LOT 1944
Indo-Persian Decorated Iron Shield Boss
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Circa 1st century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Triangular in plan with repoussé ornament; outer frame with bands of pellets enclosing decorative panels: above, acanthus scrolls with tendrils emanating from a central vase; in the middle, openwork cross with acanthus scrolls; in the base, a pelta and other motifs; three fixing holes at the upper edge, apex absent; inked '693' notation. 11.84 grams, 83 mm
Ex Wiltshire, UK, collection, 1990s. -
British Victorian Naval Boarding Cutlass
Mid-late 19th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Royal Navy 1845 Pattern cutlass with short single-edged blade with fuller and sturdy back, swept guard and leather-covered scales to the grip; stamped to one face at the ricasso [crown] over '13' and heraldic (?) stamp to the other side; old collector's label 'British Naval Boarding Cutlass, Victorian, crown above 13 mark, and unidentified mark other side'. 791 grams, 70 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Luristan Bronze Dagger
13th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Comprising a two-edged leaf-shaped lentoid-section blade, crescentic lower guard, ribbed hilt and domed finial. 93 grams, 20.1 cm
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
