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LOT 0216
Nishapur Blue-Glazed Dish Collection
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 - 6 1/8 in. (599 grams total, 14.5-15.5 cm wide).
A trio of wheel-thrown dishes, each with a shallow foot: a turquoise-glazed example with helical motif around the rim, roundels and central interlace motif to the bowl; a second turquoise-glazed bowl decorated with dark amorphous patches to the rim and an interlace-style motif to the bowl; a dark blue-glazed bowl with black strips to rim, three nodules to bowl, concentric roundels framing an interlace design; iridescent surfaces. [3]
ProvenancePrivate California collection, USA.
With Artemis Gallery, Colorado, USA.
Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Artemis Gallery.
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LOT 0216
Nishapur Blue-Glazed Dish Collection
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Aramaic Magical Bowl Bearing an Incantation Against Evil Spirits
4th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
A ceramic flat-based bowl, inscribed in spiral from the bottom inner wall to the rim with Aramaic text, and on the outer rim. 692 grams, 19.5 cm wide
Early 1990s London collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From a private collection, Lancashire, UK
Aramaic incantation bowls are particular to the Sassanian period and have been found in the regions of modern Iraq. These simple ceramic bowls, also known as magic bowls, each contain an Aramaic inscription, written in ink, which spirals from the centre. The bowls seem to have played an important part in domestic life. For example, during excavation in Nippur in 1889, one or more incantation bowls were found in each house together with domestic artefacts, most often in doorways or under floorboards in the corner of rooms. The bowls are predominantly apotropaic, and the inscriptions tend to protect their owners from misfortunes such as child-birth, illness and evil spirits. -
Luristan Pin with Mouflon Terminal
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A copper-alloy pin with a round-section stem, finial formed as a stylised mouflon modelled in the round. 56 grams, 22.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
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Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
24th-22nd century B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
A marble cylinder seal with frieze; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of white marble, 28 x 20 mm. Design : a standing hero with spikey hair is defending two horned animals being attacked by two lions. A second such hero is grappling with a monster with long plait. Akkadian, c.2400-2200 B.C. Condition very good save for chipped edges.' 16.1 grams, 29 mm
From an important family collection. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
