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LOT 1627
Khorasan Silver Inlaid Brass Tray
CIRCA 1200 A.D.
12 x 7 3/8 in. (740 grams, 30.3 x 18.6 cm).
Rectangular with a central octagonal recess area, engraved and inlaid with silver and brass with inscriptions on a scrolling floral ground interspersed with floral medallions around the border, each corner with palmette design, two rectangular panels bearing inscriptions in elongated kufic on a scrolling floral ground flanking a central medallion bearing lattice motif in the centre.
ProvenancePrivate collection, London, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13548-262859.
Cf. The Louvre, item number MAO 498.
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LOT 1627
Khorasan Silver Inlaid Brass Tray
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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2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Mesopotamian Terracotta Seated Fertility Goddess
CIrca 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Modelled seated with pinched facial details and heavy breasts. 155 grams, 82 mm wide
Mayfair gallery, early 1990s. Ex North American gentleman collection. -
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Vessel Collection
Circa 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: low jar with painted bands to the sidewall; jar with carinated profile, painted roundels; jar with flared vertical sidewall, painted maze pattern. 617 grams total, 9.8-10.7 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
