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LOT 1898
Western Asiatic Carnelian Calligraphic Gemstone
CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.45 grams, 17 mm).
Octagonal in plan with incised border and three lines of naskh text; gouge to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 1898
Western Asiatic Carnelian Calligraphic Gemstone
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Sasanian Grey Stone Stamp Seal with Stag
3rd-7th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Plano-convex type with incuse motif to underside, stag resting with legs folded beneath the body; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.24 grams, 14 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Deep Round Bowl
Iron Age, circa 6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With rounded underside and slight flare at the rim; cracked. 1 kg, 22.2 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Luristan Bronze Socketted Spearhead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a leaf-shaped blade with a raised midrib extending to a tubular socket with four raised circumferential ribs. 136 grams, 22.6 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1960s. From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s.
