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LOT 0239
Islamic Glass Calligraphic Vessel with Inscriptions
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (92.3 grams, 93 mm).
Conical in profile with carinated collar above the waisted foot; iridescent surface; applied band of calligraphic Kufic text within borders; single applied narrow loop handle.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1990s.
Private collection, New York, USA.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13375-255455.
Cf. Carboni, S., Whitehouse, D., Glass of the Sultans, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2001, p.173, for a similar (but not identical) beaker in rock crystal.
FootnotesOften, the inscriptions on the glass Islamic artworks are in pseudo-Kufic letters, mostly with elements notched or hatched with shallow cuts. Some letters have foliate terminations.
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LOT 0239
Islamic Glass Calligraphic Vessel with Inscriptions
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,000 (EUR 1,160; USD 1,350) +BP*
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Khorasan Bronze Cauldron Made by Muhammad Bin Husayn
12th-13th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £160
With a deep hemispherical bowl and three stub feet, two lateral trapezoidal flanges to the rim, each with an arched handle; similar flange to forward edge with reserved panel of scrolled foliage; to the rear, flange with shallow median socket decorated with scrolled tendrils, two lateral discs each with a star of intersecting triangles; signed by Muhammad Bin Husayn. 5.75 kg, 43.5 cm
with Christie's, South Kensington, Art & Textiles of The Islamic & Indian Worlds, 8 April 2011, no.150. Private collection, UK. -
Western Asiatic Jasper Scaraboid Seal
Levant, circa 10th century B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Engraved stylised detailing to the domed carapace, the underside with quadrupeds and caterpillars in exergue; pierced longitudinally; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 3.35 grams, 18 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a grey steatite seal with a geometric pattern; a concave grey steatite seal with a linear pattern; a black steatite seal with a zig-zag motif; a steatite seal with a man wearing a Syrian fur-trimmed skirt, a figure in a fringed skirt, partition, a frontal nude woman, partition, a figure in a skirt and a tree; a dark grey granite seal with three dashed figures; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 15.3 grams total, 12-19 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.6, 7, 19, 42, 68.
