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LOT 1312
Khorasan 'Muhammad Bin Husayn' Bronze Cauldron
11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
17 1/8 in. (5.75 kg, 43.5 cm).
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.
Provenancewith Christie's, South Kensington, Art & Textiles of The Islamic & Indian Worlds, 8 April 2011, no.150.
Private collection, UK.
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LOT 1312
Khorasan 'Muhammad Bin Husayn' Bronze Cauldron
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Alabaster Vessel with Lug Handles
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Carved bag-shaped body with two lateral unpierced lug handles at the shoulder, flared rim to the mouth. 984 grams, 12.5 cm
Ex William Ohly, 1883-1955. Ex Abbey Museum, Barnet, by descent. -
Western Asiatic Bone Cylinder Seal with Chariot
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With incuse frieze of a horse in profile pulling a chariot with driver and large spoked wheel, small standing figure before the horse's chest; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 2.3 grams, 19 mm
Acquired in the 1980s-2000s. From an important London, UK, collection. -
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
12th-10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Including triangular, barbed-and-tanged, leaf-shaped, and other types. 266 grams total, 49-108 mm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Some of these arrowheads seem to belong to the type V, subcategory types A, C and D according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C with barbed shoulders and D with round shoulders. Subtype A is substantially similar to C, but smaller.
