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LOT 1245
Large Western Asiatic Pottery Vessel
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 3/8 in. (965 grams, 23.8 cm).
Bulbous body with a raised band beneath the tubular neck, two pierced lug handles on the shoulder.
ProvenanceFrom an important specialist collection, London, UK, 1990s.
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LOT 1245
Large Western Asiatic Pottery Vessel
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Persian Painted Gilt Shahnameh Miniature Leaf
20th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £160
Paper leaf from a manuscript mounted in a rectangular veneer reveal; Side A: gilt-bordered painted miniature with in two bands of calligraphic text divided into four blocks; nobleman in floor-length robe wearing a crown and turban sitting on a gilt throne with floral decoration, stroking his beard; two courtiers to his rear and a third to one side; standing military figure in helmet and mailcoat, with a scabbarded shamshir at his side, greaves and poleyns on his legs; all set in a garden with fountain and verdure; Side B: four columns of calligraphic text in 29 lines; signature to the bottom left. 90 grams, 40.2 x 28 cm
Private collection, UK. -
Sumerian Calcite Vessel
Late 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Tubular in section with flared base and gently flared flat rim; old collector's label '5207-13' to underside. 225 grams, 75 mm high
with Henry Anavian, Summer Gallery, New York, USA. with Arte Primitivo, New York, USA, 5 December 2025, no.681. Private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Stone Amulet Group
1st millennium B.C.-1st millennium A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a black stone stamp seal with integral loop and hatched decoration on the underside; a fragment of a white stone seal showing the frontal part of an advancing ibex; a grey stone bead formed as a stylised bird; a red and light-green rectangular amulet pierced through the upper edge. 11.98 grams total, 15-23 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
