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LOT 1138
Persian Painted Dervish Man Miniature Leaf
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 x 5 1/4 in. (54 grams, 20.5 x 13.3 cm).
Rectangular paper leaf with hand-painted scene of a standing figure in an arch with tendril detailing; the figure bearded with short hair, wearing an ankle-length banded tunic and shawl; edges chipped; supplied with old card mount. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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Neo-Assyrian Stone Stamp Seal with Inlays
Circa 800 B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Discoid in plan with incuse rosette design to stamping face, rectangular stub handle; reverse with five inlaid triangular inserts with stepped edges and a sixth to the upper face of the handle; very rare. 5.52 grams, 25 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK, 1970s-1990s. -
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 Bronze Bowl
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Hemispherical in profile with lip to inner edge of mouth. 142 grams, 12.4 cm wide
Ex 1990s collection and with a central London gallery.
