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LOT 1321
Western Asiatic Glass Perfume Bottle
11TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (27.2 grams, 93 mm.).
Slender jar with applied disc base and gently flared neck with rolled rim, applied collar in bottle-green glass. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
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.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 2010, item 209, for a more ornate example of the type.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Bowl
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A shallow hemispherical bowl with rounded base and incised circumferential band beneath the rim. 130 grams, 15.8 cm
Ex London, UK, collections, 1990s-2000s. 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. -
Levantine Limestone Cylinder Seal
12th-10th century B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £104
With incuse frieze depicting a herdsman with a goat beside a structure (possibly a hearth with flame); supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.23 grams, 20 mm
Acquired on the European art market, 1980s. From the collection of G.M.R.H., London, UK. 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 Figure of a Bird
Circa 1000-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Modelled in the round as a stylised bird with large bulbous eyes and flared tail, suspension loop on the back. 54 grams, 57 mm
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), thence by descent. Ex Galerie Khnoum, Geneva, Switzerland. Private collection of Mr K.A. 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.
