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LOT 1225
Western Asiatic Decorated Bronze Dish with Inscription
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
7 5/8 in. (323 grams, 19.5 cm).
Broad dish with carinated profile, blocks of reserved interlace to the rim and calligraphic panel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected from 1969-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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Sumerian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet
3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,200
Rectangular slab with reserved symbols in three columns to one face, reverse plain. 314 grams, 11.9 cm
Ex Oriental Dar Antiques, Jerusalem, 1967. European private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12094-211937. -
Western Asiatic Turquoise Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Restrung using mainly oblate beads. 5.16 grams, 44 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Turquoise has been known since prehistoric times, and it is widely used in jewellery in the Middle East (Egypt and Persia), the Far East (Tibet, Mongolia and China) and even by native North Americans. Turquoise was very fashionable also in Europe, especially during the 18th and 19th centuries. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Artefact Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Including a dress pin with ram-head finial, an axe-head and other items. 43.9 grams total, 32-65 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
