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LOT 0891
Western Asiatic Glazed Ceramic Floor Tile Group with Stars
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
14 1/8 in. (1.2 kg total, 36 cm wide including stand).
Comprising: four small star-shaped examples with blue glaze finish; four square ones with a step to each corner, white glaze finish with design of turquoise roundels and dark blue stars; two similar half-tiles; mounted on a custom-made display stand, one repaired.
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 0891
Western Asiatic Glazed Ceramic Floor Tile Group with Stars
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Uruk Pictographic Economic Clay Tablet Relating to Cattle
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
Bearing pictographs to the two principal faces; of pillow-shaped form. 112 grams, 89 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.201149.
The purpose of these items is not known for sure but the combination of pictograms and impressed points has led to the suggestion that they were used for tallying quantities of various commodities. -
Western Asiatic Stone Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed mainly of restrung with a central cylindrical agate bead with later cream-coloured shell(?) Heidhi style beads punctuated by clusters of black beads. 14.5 grams, 58 cm long
Fine condition.
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P. R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. -
Large Amlash Openwork Bead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Hollow-formed biconvex bead with rib detailing, central openwork section. 23.3 grams, 52 mm
English collection, 1990s. Ex North London gallery.
