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LOT 1693
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Vessel
8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (407 grams, 12.7 cm).
Squat in profile and of tiered construction with strap handle and broad pouring lip, bands of polychrome painted foliage decoration.
ProvenanceUK collection, 1990s.
Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000.
Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman.
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LOT 1693
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Vessel
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Tall Western Asiatic Pottery Chalice
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With slender stem and trumpet-shaped foot, mammiform bowl with raised collar beneath the rim. 527 grams, 26.5 cm
From the collection of a gentleman, 1988-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Comprising tanged arrowheads, four with large elongated triangular blades and raised midrib, sharp central groove, one triangular type with barbed shoulders and flat tang, six with barbed shoulders and cylindrical stem with handle for the shaft; two with squared shoulders and rectangular stem with handle for the shaft, one with leafed blade, two with barbed shoulder and flat tang, one with flat blade, one with short triangular head and handle for the shaft, and another with short tang and trilobate blade with raised midrib. 221 grams total, 4.2-13.6 cm
London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Some of these arrowheads seem to belong to the type V, subcategory types A, B, C and D according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik, and Northern Iran, individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C with barbed shoulders and D with round shoulders. Most of them were cast in moulds. -
Western Asiatic Gold Bird Pendant with Droplets
12th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Hollow-formed sheet gold bird pendant with beaded dangles. 2.93 grams, 35 mm
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.
