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LOT 1065
Western Asiatic Ceramic Bowl with Blue Leaf Design
12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
9 3/4 in. (710 grams, 24.6 cm).
Broad bowl with carinated inner edge to the and chamfered rim, law basal ring; upper face glazed with floral design picked out in blue and grey, circumferential rings below the rim and panels of radiating stripes and blue glaze.
ProvenanceS. Morad collection.
From the collection of M. Hugues Rosset, Switzerland.
Private Swiss collection, acquired from M. Hugues Rosset in 1998.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1065
Western Asiatic Ceramic Bowl with Blue Leaf Design
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Including melon, tabular, annular, fusiform and other beads. 68 grams total, 2-18 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Dagger Blade Collection
2700-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising five leaf-shaped blades with raised midribs, one with pierced tang rivet hole, another with two rivet holes on the round shoulders. 344 grams total, 18.5 - 21 cm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The shape of many blades with convex sides was undoubtedly the result of sharpening, but some may have been designed with this outline when a long narrow blade was needed for a special purpose. The daggers with large rivet holes in the round base probably originated by the Hyksos of the Egyptian Twelfth Dynasty. -
Bactrian Chlorite 'Princess' Idol
Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Carved as a human figure in three parts: body with rows of overlapping tufts of fur, shallow socket to accept the head and broad collar below; the bald head carved from marble with semi-naturalistic detailing to the face; headdress (or wig) with a flared outer flange. 1.54 kg total, 3.9-14 cm
Acquired from a gallery in France and brought to the United Kingdom in 1982; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12713-235197. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
