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LOT 1397
Large Western Asiatic Qajar Style Openwork Iron Pen Box
LATE 20TH-21ST CENTURY A.D.
8 1/8 in. (362 grams, 20.7 cm).
A narrow openwork box with sliding tray; inside lined with red velvet; brass-inlaid calligraphic text to body.
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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LOT 1397
Large Western Asiatic Qajar Style Openwork Iron Pen Box
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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Damascene Shallow Silver Dish with Gilt Decoration and Calligraphic Inscription
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
With parcel-gilt rosettes and dense tendril field, panels to the outer edge filled with calligraphic text; three stub feet to reverse. 218 grams, 14.1 cm
Private collection, UK. -
Western Asiatic Amethyst Bead Necklace with Gold Beads
Circa 4th-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
A designer necklace composed of forty amethyst beads of various shapes and six gold spheres, decorated with granulation and spirals, forming opposed pelta patterns; with later openwork clasp. 69.6 grams, 52.5 cm
Acquired on European art market, 1990s. Private collection of Mr K.A., France. with Kallos Gallery, London. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13012-246749.
Amethyst was widely used in Graeco-Roman Egypt. We know that the amethyst mines of Abu Diyeiba, near Semna, were in use from the time of Ptolemy VI through to the Roman era. Pliny says that Indian amethysts were the best, but he also refers to amethysts from Egypt. The Egyptian amethysts are typically flawed and of a pale, almost pink, hue. They were seldom set in gold and were most usually made into beads. Ptolemaic and Roman inscriptions and artefacts have been found at amethyst mines in Egypt’s eastern deserts. -
Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal with Inscription
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Pierced tapering handle to reverse, billeted border enclosing profile standing bull and legend in Indus Valley script. 21.1 grams, 28 mm
From the London collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999.
