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LOT 0215
Western Asiatic Lion Censer Lid
11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/8 in (393 grams total, 13.5 cm high including stand).
The head from a leonine censer, formed with stylised features, an ovoid face, openwork eyes, triangular nose, ears pricked forwards and decorative openwork panels to the neck; mounted on a custom-made display base.
ProvenanceFrench collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 51.56, for similar.
FootnotesZoomorphic incense burners were popular during the Seljuk period. When complete, coal and incense could be placed inside the burner and the scented smoke would escape through the pierced areas.
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LOT 0215
Western Asiatic Lion Censer Lid
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Gold Earring Group
Late 1st millennium B.C.-early 1st millennium A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
A mixed group of seven gold hoop earrings comprising: an example composed of a coiled wire and bead bezel; one with hollow-formed capsule-shaped bulb decorated with a medial twisted wire collar; a crescentic hoop with granulated pyramids to the lower edge and one loop; hollow-formed crescentic earring with coiled collars; a flat-section crescent with hook-and-eye closure; a hollow-formed crescent-shaped earring with expanded central section and remains of hinge closure; hoop with single granulations to lower body, triangular plaque below, dangle comprising gold granulated beads and pearl and facetted blue bead, possibly of stone; including fragmentary examples. 6.69 grams total, 10-27 mm
Fine condition.
Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman. -
Western Asiatic Jeweller's Matrix
1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A square-shaped copper-alloy jeweller's matrix with recessed moulds to one face, comprising various motifs including stylised stars, fish and others. 104 grams, 39 mm
Acquired 1969-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent. -
Luristan Votive Axehead
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £70
A copper-alloy votive axehead with curved upper and lower edges and convex cutting edge, tubular socket. 67 grams, 10 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.
