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LOT 1034
Western Asiatic Decorated Dish with Animal Feet
12TH CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (1.15 kg, 18 cm diameter).
With low sidewall and flat everted rim, three radiating feet to the underside, each a quadruped with lowered head; sidewall with band of low-relief roundels each containing a perching bird in profile; rim with knotwork and guilloche panels interrupted by roundels; inner face of the bowl with low-relief band of roundels containing profile birds, hounds and other animals, surrounding a scene depicting a huntsman on horseback with billowing cape, a hound running beside the horse's legs and a bird perching above the horse's head, second hound crouching above the horse's rump.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Western Asiatic Calligraphic Gemstone Group
19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Each with chamfered edges and dense panel of calligraphic text. 9.3 grams total, 19-25 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Western Asiatic Stone Idol
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £286
Carved as a tongue-shaped face with flanking strap handles, hollow underside. 1.72 kg, 16 cm
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. -
Western Asiatic Shallow Stone Mortar
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With convex underside and shallow recessed centre to the upper face, pouring lip to edge; mounted on a display base. 1.7 kg, 16.5 cm
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.
