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LOT 1307
Western Asiatic and Other Stone Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 in. (99 grams total, 2-25 mm).
Including tabular, annular, polyhedral, tubular and other types. [590+. No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Torc
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a tapering round-section body with hooked terminals. 53 grams, 14.8 cm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Aramaic Terracotta Magic Bowl with Cursive Script
4th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
An unglazed terracotta trumpet-shaped bowl with the faint remains of Aramaic-script to the inside; accompanied by a smaller bowl with three concentric rings of recently overpainted pseudo Aramaic-script to the upper face. 277 grams total, 9.5-12.4 cm
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995. with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003. Property of a London based academic, 2003-present.
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. -
Western Asiatic Magical Aramaic Plaque Pendant
Circa 2nd-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Square pendant with integral loop, ropework border and header, grid with numerical notation. 13.9 grams, 38 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
