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LOT 1141
Qajar Period Decorated Bowl
19TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (195 grams, 11.9 cm wide).
Spun bronze bowl with everted rim, dense low-relief decoration of tendrils and interlace with quatrefoil panels each with a kneeling figure.
ProvenanceAcquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
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LOT 1141
Qajar Period Decorated Bowl
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £111
A mix of Asian, African, faience, terracotta, stone and shell beads. 65 grams total, 1-16 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Aramaic Terracotta Bowl with Magical Incantation
4th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
With conical body, the inner face bearing the remains of concentric rings of inked magical Aramaic text, repaired. 330 grams, 16 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Aramaic incantation bowls are particular to the Sassanian period and have been found in 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 those faced in child-birth, illness and evil spirits. -
Jemdet Nasr Type Marble Stamp Seal
Sumerian, 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Fusiform in plan with intaglio beast motif to the underside. 22.1 grams, 44 mm
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
