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LOT 1449
Western Asiatic and Other Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 7/8 in. (136 grams total, 1-22 mm).
Mixed group of beads, mainly in glass and stone. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, collection.
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LOT 1449
Western Asiatic and Other Bead Group
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Pottery Vessel with Handle
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Bulbous body with flat base and a tall funicular neck, single handle to the rear. 614 grams, 21 cm
From an important specialist collection, London, UK, 1990s. -
Mesopotamian White Stone Seal with Water Creatures
Circa 3000 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Domed seal with projecting collars, 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 white stone, 37 x 41 x 15 mm., a collared hemi-spheroid, pierced horizontally. Design: a circle of water creatures around a central one. Mesopotamia, c. 3000 B.C. Design corroded.' 26.9 grams, 42 mm
From a London collection in the 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly slip typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. Accompanied by a previous dealer's sales ticket. -
Persian Painted Gilt Shahnameh Miniature Leaf
20th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £160
Paper leaf from a manuscript mounted in a rectangular veneer reveal; Side A: gilt-bordered painted miniature with in two bands of calligraphic text divided into four blocks; nobleman in floor-length robe wearing a crown and turban sitting on a gilt throne with floral decoration, stroking his beard; two courtiers to his rear and a third to one side; standing military figure in helmet and mailcoat, with a scabbarded shamshir at his side, greaves and poleyns on his legs; all set in a garden with fountain and verdure; Side B: four columns of calligraphic text in 29 lines; signature to the bottom left. 90 grams, 40.2 x 28 cm
Private collection, UK.
