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LOT 2091
Post Sasanian Silver Footed Dish with 'Tamga'
CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
8 5/8 in. (466 grams, 22 cm).
Discoid footed dish with raised rim, central tondo with parcel-gilt ring and 'tamga' motif.
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13029-247330.
Cf. for a general discussion and some examples of Sasanian dishes Aimone, M., The Wyvern collection, Byzantine and Sasanian Silver, Enamels and Works of Art, London, 2020, esp. cat.no.49, pp.192-193; for the Neshan cf. Brunner, C. J., Sasanian Stamp Seals in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1978; Farrokh, D., Sassanian Elite Cavalry, AD 224-642, Oxford,2005, pp.22-23.
FootnotesDuring the Sasanian Empire, the North Iranian ‘tamgas’ became ‘Neshan’ or seals and heraldic symbols of nobility and military personnel, worn on their dress, horses, standards and personal belongings like this vessel. This characteristic also continued during the early Muslim domination. Among the Neshan published by Christensen, one particular ‘tamga’, related to an unknown Sasanian clan, recalls exactly half of the one impressed on the present example (Farrokh, 2005, p.23 no.5).
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LOT 2091
Post Sasanian Silver Footed Dish with 'Tamga'
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal with Quadrate Cross
Circa 2300-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Discoid stamp seal with segmented face; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze. 51x51x16 mm. This is round with zig-zag outer edge, flat face and flat back in the centre of which is a loop handle on inverted U-shape. the design, which is both compartmented and open-work, consists of a quadrate cross within an outer band which as loops on its inner side, and the zig-zag on its outer side. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c.2300-2000 B.C. It is covered with incrustation, which could be removed. The metal appears to be in good condition.' 68.2 grams, 52 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Ex property of a West London businessman. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s.
