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LOT 1124
Western Asiatic Silver and Bronze Epigraphic Charm Ring
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.56 grams, 17.76 mm overall, 15.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British D, USA 1 3/4, Europe 1.15, Japan 1)).
Comprising a slender bronze hoop expanding at the shoulders, silver intaglio with an inscription in three lines. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Western Asiatic Decorated Dish with Animal Feet
12th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With low sidewall and flat everted rim, three radiating feet to the underside, each a quadruped with lowered head; sidewall with band of low-relief roundels each containing a perching bird in profile; rim with knotwork and guilloche panels interrupted by roundels; inner face of the bowl with low-relief band of roundels containing profile birds, hounds and other animals, surrounding a scene depicting a huntsman on horseback with billowing cape, a hound running beside the horse's legs and a bird perching above the horse's head, second hound crouching above the horse's rump. 1.15 kg, 18 cm diameter
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Property of a London gentleman. -
Bactrian Copper Stamp Seal with Ibex
Late 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Ibex-shaped seal with segmented body and long horns, facing right, standing on all four legs; mounted in a modern wooden frame with fabric backing. 220 grams total, 17.8 cm including frame
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Property of a London gentleman.
The object belongs to a large class of compartmented seals, characteristic of this area. These stamps were frequently produced in either copper or bronze and would feature distinctive figural or geometric patterns such as floral and cross motifs, or animals such as goats, snakes, scorpions and mythical beasts. The wild goat or markhor or ibex Shumashti Siru, was a tribal animal subject to representation on the most ancient Bactrian seals. -
Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
One plano-convex disc, pierced, with geometric motif; one similar with scooped indents, cross motif. 9.66 grams total, 16-18 mm
From an old English collection, 1990s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
