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LOT 0284
Western Asiatic Rectangular Stone Vessel
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 3/4 in. (1.37 kg, 14.7 cm).
Rectangular-section body on four feet, slightly flared rim with a band, with ring-and-dot markings to the outer face.
ProvenanceFrom a West London collection and formerly in a Mayfair gallery.
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Western Asiatic Bronze and Bone Hand Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including a pin-finial right hand holding a fruit, and other types. 8.7 grams total, 13-38 mm
Private collection, England. -
Syro-Hittite Bronze Male Idol
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Flat-section casting with pinched nose and impressed-point etes, right arm extended, left hand supporting an axe, prominent phallus. 23 grams, 72 mm
Previously the property of an Islington, London, UK, dealer. From a London, UK, private collector since circa 1990. -
Seljuk Lustre Ware Fragments
10th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Fragments of a monochrome lustreware footed bowl; the tondo with dense figural scene including (i) left, four females wearing patterned burqa garments beneath a wreath of floral panels; (ii) right, mounted male in riding jacket on an advancing bridled horse with attendant to his rear holding a fan, hunting dog beneath the horse's legs and an attendant in striped clothing walking beore the horse carrying a spear or pole-arm over his shoulder; (iii) above the pearberaer, two bearded figures in patterned robes watching the horseman; border with reserved calligraphic Kufic text above a band of cursive writing; pellets to the rim; outer face with reserved arcade, dense arabesque scrolls and rosettes; mounted in a plain modern ceramic matrix. 414 grams, 21.3 cm wide
Private collection, UK.
