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LOT 1413
Large Anatolian Steatite Seal with Carved Bird
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 in. (28.7 grams, 36.5 mm).
Plano-convex in profile with a lightly inscribed antique legend to domed face (including Arabic name and numeral '1298'); underside with reserved figure of a bird with wings spread.
ProvenanceWith Artemis Gallery, Munich, 1980s.
Acquired from Artemis Gallery, November 1992.
European private collection.
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LOT 1413
Large Anatolian Steatite Seal with Carved Bird
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £125
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Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Pale Agate and Gold Bead Necklace
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Opening Bid: £222
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Large Sogdian Silver Vessel with Animal Figures
Eastern Sogdian, 8th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £11,111
Sheet-silver vessel with drum-shaped body, narrow discoid repoussé base; bands of repoussé foliage to the body beneath a raised collar and fluted neck and rim; rectangular-section crescent handle held by two securing hoops formed as miniature rams. 1.2 kg, 26.5 cm wide
From an old private collection. with Oxus Fine Arts Pte. Ltd, Singapore. Acquired by the current owner in London, 2012. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12288-220840.
Dr Grigoriev, in his studies on Sogdian silver artworks, has traced specific Sogdian features of metalwork prototypes on the basis of the ceramic replicas. Some of these features were distinguished on gold and silver vessels, which possess many other characteristics bringing them together. In our bucket, the style and the decoration of the flowers resemble those of the bucket with deer from Shirokovskoe (Perm, see Marshak, 1971, T,35), while the bands of repoussé foliage to the body beneath the raised collar and fluted neck and rim recall the decoration of the dish with deer from Rep’evka, in Samara Province (Darkevich, 1976, n.12).
