Loading, please wait...
Details
LOT 0255
Nishapur Calligraphic Pottery Bowl
PERSIA, 9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
6 7/8 in. (334 grams, 17.5 cm wide).
Of carinated profile with reserved orange shapes on a field of white pellets on black, roundels with legends; intact.
Provenance
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
CONDITIONVETTING:
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 0255
Nishapur Calligraphic Pottery Bowl
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
RELATED LOTS
-
Luristan Decorated Bronze Bracelet
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Penannular round-section shank with integral bulbs to the outer edge. 28.4 grams, 69 mm
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s. -
Bactrian Bronze Weight
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
With biconvex body and tall tubular neck, integral ribbed collars; ferrous pin in situ. 274 grams, 96 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Large Sumerian Stone Cylinder Seal
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
With frieze in two registers; above: ibexes with raised heads drinking water from a rounded vessel mounted on a raised frame; below: repeating pattern of vessels with water flowing from their mouths; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 56 grams, 34 mm
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. 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.
