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LOT 1132
Tall Western Asiatic Pottery Chalice
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 3/8 in. (527 grams, 26.5 cm).
With slender stem and trumpet-shaped foot, mammiform bowl with raised collar beneath the rim.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, 1988-2000s.
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LOT 1132
Tall Western Asiatic Pottery Chalice
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Mesopotamian Stone Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Broad and squat in profile with carination to the equator, everted rim. 208 grams, 82 mm
From a collection formed before 1990. Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 2000s. -
Post Sasanian Silver Footed Dish with 'Tamga'
Circa 8th-10th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Discoid footed dish with raised rim, central tondo with parcel-gilt ring and 'tamga' motif. 466 grams, 22 cm
Private 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.
During 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). -
Graeco-Parthian Terracotta Figure of Musicians
3rd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Modelled in the round as a joined pair of musicians dressed in long skirts wearing conical caps, one playing tambourine and the other oboes. 118 grams, 10.2 cm
Ex Monique Sancey collection, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. with Bonhams, 14 May 2003, no.229. European private collection. Private collection, UK.
