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LOT 0838
Western Asiatic Inscribed Gemstone
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.5 grams, 25 mm).
A discoid carnelian gemstone, bearing calligraphic Arabic script to one face.
ProvenanceAcquired before the early 1970s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
Property of a London gentleman.
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LOT 0838
Western Asiatic Inscribed Gemstone
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Nishapur Blue-Glazed Dish Collection
12th-13th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
A trio of wheel-thrown dishes, each with a shallow foot: a turquoise-glazed example with helical motif around the rim, roundels and central interlace motif to the bowl; a second turquoise-glazed bowl decorated with dark amorphous patches to the rim and an interlace-style motif to the bowl; a dark blue-glazed bowl with black strips to rim, three nodules to bowl, concentric roundels framing an interlace design; iridescent surfaces. 599 grams total, 14.5-15.5 cm wide
Fine condition, minor abrasions and nicks.
Private California collection, USA. With Artemis Gallery, Colorado, USA. Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Artemis Gallery. -
Western Asiatic Decorated Bracelet
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A flat-section penannular bronze bracelet, incised with geometric motifs composed of chevrons, lozenges, pricked dots and hatching; pierced terminals. 47 grams, 58 mm
Early 1990s London collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From a private collection, Lancashire, UK. -
Babylonian Wheat Weight Collection
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
A mixed group of four stone wheat weights, comprising: one large, roughly biconical haematite example with one flat face; a pebble-shaped haematite weight with one flat face; a slender, haematite weight with flattened ends and one flat face; a smaller roughly biconical haematite example with one flattened face and flattened ends. 113 grams total, 17-48 mm
Acquired 1980s-1990s. H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.