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LOT 1236
Western Asiatic Silver and Bronze Ring Collection
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (20 grams total, 21-24 mm).
Including one with scaphoid bezel and intaglio figure, one with voided cross, and other types. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Luristan Bronze Kohl Pot
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Of tapering cylindrical form with everted rim, decoratively notched ribs of alternating breadth to to body. 60 grams, 78 mm
Acquired in Europe before 1993. -
Paper Qu'ran Page
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With thirteen lines of Naskh script text to each side, red interlinear diacritics, rosettes, and a header bar; reinforced at one edge. 5.94 grams, 21 x 34.5 cm
Ex Cummings collection, UK, 1990s. -
Fragmentary Jewish Magic Bowl with Aramaic Incantation Against Evil Spirits and Drawing of the Devil
Circa 4th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Broad terracotta bowl with extensive inked inscription and symbols to the inner face; repaired and partly disassembled. 382 grams total, 9-17 cm
From an important family collection, London and Geneva.
Aramaic incantation bowls are particular to the Sassanian period and have been found in regions of modern Iraq. These simple ceramic bowls, also known as magic bowls, each contain an Aramaic inscription, written in ink, which spirals from the centre. The bowls seem to have played an important part in domestic life. For example, during excavation in Nippur in 1889, one or more incantation bowls were found in each house together with domestic artefacts, most often in doorways or under floorboards in the corner of rooms. The bowls are predominantly apotropaic, and the inscriptions tend to protect their owners from misfortunes such as those faced in child-birth, illness and evil spirits.
