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LOT 1788
Mixed Pendant Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 2 3/8 in. (112 grams total, 50-62 mm).
A mixed group of silver-coloured metal pendants including a brass plaque with calligraphic script on a field of granulated flowers; pentagonal plaque with brass high-relief combat scene, and other types. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a South West London gentleman.
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Framed Watercolour Painting with Male Figures Engaged in Conversation
Persia, 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
With extensive use of liquid gold; polychrome painted scene of three male figures within a building engaged in conversation; three passers-by outside with faces raised to another figure on the roof; panels of calligraphic nastaliq text above and below; mounted in a glazed wooden frame. 689 grams, 37 x 26.5 cm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Gold Byzantine Style Pendant with Garnet
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Composed of a discoid body and loop with pelletted border, granulation to the face in expanding-arm cross pattern with small interstitial crosses, in a 6th-7th century Byzantine style; central cell with cabochon garnet insert. 4.63 grams, 32 mm
From a collection formed in the 1980s. Ex property of a retired sculptor. -
Stone Flower Vase with Rubies
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Bell-shaped in profile with broad foot and carinated rim; at the neck an applied gold-coloured inlaid band of undulating tendrils, with alternating inset ruby petals; at the shoulder, four small applied plants with green lozengiform flowers; at the waist four large plants with laterally-extended shoots, petals with inset rubies and green inlays; below the waist, a similar band of flowers to that at the shoulder; some wire lose or absent. 468 grams, 12.8 cm high
Property of a South West London gentleman.
