Post Medieval Bronze Knife Handle in the Form of a Bust

Comprising two designs in relief: three horses in an enclosure; two felines grappling with each other. 1.24 kg total, 9.4 x 10 - 9.5 x 10.4 cm



Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

The tile production increases in the second half of the sixteenth century and during the following centuries. The fragments discovered from various localities (pot-tiles, rectangular, triangular and trapezoidal panels, open-work crest tiles) were all produced in regional workshops, from the end of the 15th century or at the beginning of the 16th century. They all had diverse decorative motifs, mainly animals and geometrical or vegetal combinations, almost all of them singular finds for this study area.

Depicting a court scene with assembled crowd of courtiers and attendants, one in European dress, before a potentate seated beneath a canopy; panel of nastaliq text above; mounted in a glazed wooden frame. 2.7 kg, 66 x 49.5 cm

Very fine condition.

Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.

Hoop with rectangular cross-section, expanding to facetted shoulders and an octagonal bezel engraved with a rearing horse within a simple border. 10.04 grams, 24.82 mm overall, 19.98 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)



Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman.