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LOT 0234
Western Asiatic Cobalt-Blue Footed Ceramic Bowl
9TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 in. (498 grams, 18.5 cm).
With a carinated sidewall, rolled and everted rim, shallow foot, partial lustre-glaze to the surface with four trapezoidal panels: two with a reserved regardant bird and two with a tracery motif; restored.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Japan, acquired prior to 1982.
Private collection, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12724-235155.
Masterpieces of Lustre-Painted Pottery: Persian Ceramics from Distant Lands (ラスタ―彩名陶展), The Asahi Shimbun Company, 1982, no. I-32, illustrated.
Exhibited:
Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo, 20–25 May 1982.
Maruei Sky Building, Nagoya, 29 May–3 June 1982.
Takashimaya, Osaka, 10–15 June 1982.
Takashimaya, Okayama, 17–22 June 1982.
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LOT 0234
Western Asiatic Cobalt-Blue Footed Ceramic Bowl
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,600 (EUR 1,856; USD 2,160) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: band of geometric figures (birds?) within borders of broken lines; frieze of standing birds each with head turned on a long neck and one wing extended; frieze of zoomorphs one with four thin legs and Y-shaped body, the other smaller with horns; frieze of perching birds each with one wing extended, the first with head turned towards the second, within ruled borders; fragment with robed figure extending one arm towards a second figure in mantle and ankle-length robe; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 26.3 grams total, 20-26 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
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Sabean Yemeni Dedicatory Plaque from the Kingdom of Qataban
1st century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
With eight lines of qatabanic Sabaean text regarding an unknown temple of the kingdom of Qatabān, dedicated to the gods Amm dhu-Raymatum and Warafum: '1 Dlwn -b-Gbln ʿbd (s¹q)ny[ ʿm] 2 ḏ-Rymtm w-Wrfm (s¹)qnyt-ḏ= 3 hbm ḥg tkrb-s¹mn gwm/ 4 bʿw mhrt Nbṭ m w-(ytʿs¹) 5 w-ʾbl-s¹ ḥg t(k)rb-s¹mn l-m= 6 tʿn-s¹ b-s¹wt brṯ n rṯd D..= 7 wn ʿm w-Wrfm ʾḏn-s¹ w-(mqm)-s¹ 8 w-qny-s¹ b-ḥg ʿm w-ʾnby' 'Dalwān ... offered [to ʿAmm] (2) dhu-Raymatum and Warafum the offering of (3) bronze according to the promise he made to them ... (4) ... mares of Nabaṭ um ... (5) his camel in accordance with the promise he had made to them to be (6) protected in this expedition. Dalwān has confided (7) to ʿAmm and Warafum his faculties, his abilities (8) and his possessions, with the approval of Amm and Anbī'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.01 kg total, 23.7 cm high including stand
Ex London W1 collector; acquired between 1970 and the late 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a dark grey steatite seal with two standing creatures with two smaller creatures above them; a hematite seal with a Syrian man wearing a short skirt, a man with curly hair holding a staff, an adorant in a Syrian skirt and a man wearing a pleated skirt; a light grey quartz seal with a figure with outstretched arms riding a beast; a steatite seal with vertical registers; a steatite seal with a seated figure and standing attendants; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 16.57 grams total, 12-24 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.29,39,59,70, and one handwritten note.
