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LOT 1168
Syrian Lustre Pottery Bowl
13TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/8 in. (142 grams, 13.8 cm).
Conical in profile with ring foot; glazed inner face with reserved cross and panels of calligraphic text; text to underside inside foot; old collectors' labels to sidewall.
Provenancewith Christie's, London, Islamic Manuscripts, Miniatures, and Works of Art, 10 October 1989, no.485.
Private collection, London.
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LOT 1168
Syrian Lustre Pottery Bowl
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Ceramic Zoomorphic Vessel
8th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
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UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman. -
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising triangular types with thick midrib, heater-shaped, leaf-shaped, and other types. 263 grams, 10 - 18 cm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
One category of the represented arrowheads has a sharp, flat blade, the ends of which extend to form wings or barbs, and a prominent midrib extending into a long tang that often has a stop; the blade shape varies from deltoid to more triangular. Another form has no barbs, but it has a prominent midrib extending to the tang, and a narrow leaf-shaped blade. -
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Mainly triangular-headed barbed and tanged types. 223 grams total, 4.6-11.6 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
