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LOT 1046
Western Asiatic Black-Glazed Ewer
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
8 3/4 in. (815 grams, 22 cm).
Piriform in shape with flared neck and tapering cylindrical spout; decorative metallic glaze and geometric piercing to the body; restored. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1970s.
Old stock-number to base.
From a UK private collection, 1981.
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Western Asiatic Carnelian Triangular Bead will Galley
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Composed of a polished flat diamond-shaped carnelian bead, with pricked design in the form of a galley, drilled for suspension; sold together with six translucent green glass doughnut-shaped beads displaying decorative vertical dashes around the external faces. 4.51 grams total, 8-20 mm
From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980. -
Nabataean Redware Feeder Vessel
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £130
With bulbous body, narrow neck and broad trumpet-shaped mouth with central filler hole; short conical spout to the shoulder, ribbed strap handle, concentric rings to the lower body and base. 187 grams, 97 mm
From the important family collection of the late M.N., pre-1992. -
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Babylonian Cuneiform Foundation Nail
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Conical in form with facetted faces bearing cuneiform text. 36 grams, 58 mm
Acquired by the vendor's mother 1960s-1970s, thence by descent. Ex Spray family collection, Norfolk, UK.
