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LOT 1586
Western Asiatic Bronze Calligraphic Miniature Box
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (27.9 grams, 41 mm).
Heater-shaped in plan with door and sliding retainer to the upper face, tongue-shaped inner drawer; decorated with reserved entwined bands, Kufic legend to the sidewall.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 1586
Western Asiatic Bronze Calligraphic Miniature Box
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
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Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Western Asiatic Grey Banded Lentoid Stamp Seal with Animals
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Fusiform in plan and plano-convex in section, frieze of advancing animal to underside. 8.12 grams, 31.05 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Anatolian Black Stone Idol
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Carved in the half-round with hatched detailing to the tunic and belt, discoid head with reserved annulet eyes and trapezoidal nose, and lateral stub ears. 156 grams, 10.1 cm
Ex Swiss collection, 1980s. Private collection, 1994. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12874-241677.
