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LOT 1884
Western Asiatic Silver Temple Ring with Turquoise Cabochon
CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (4.02 grams, 30.77 mm overall, 15.21 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).
'Architectural' type with plain shank, square-section bezel with vertical filigree frame to each face, domed roof and cell with inset turquoise stud.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
LiteratureDeveloped from the Byzantine 'architectural' ring tradition, cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 496, 507, for type.
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LOT 1884
Western Asiatic Silver Temple Ring with Turquoise Cabochon
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) ‡+BP*
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Sasanian Bronze Bowl with Concentric Circles
3rd-7th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With broad base and deep everted sidewall, incised concentric rings to the inner face. 221 grams, 19 cm wide
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Vessel
9th-8th century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Bulbous body with four stub legs, tall neck and internal strainer, tall scooped edge to the rim, loop handle to the rear; body and neck painted with geometric motifs, red paint on the base and legs. 1.16 kg, 32.3 cm
UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman.
Artefacts from Amlash date from the late second millennium B.C. through to the Partho-Sasanian period, with most dated to the 9th and 8th centuries B.C. Zoomorphic drinking or ritual vessels are abundant in Amlash pottery and usually feature depictions of animals common to that region. Such vessels have been recovered across Mesopotamia and Anatolia, and they were known as Bibru. They were produced as ceremonial drinking vessels, dedicated to specific deities, but they might also have served as drinking vessels for the social elite and royal family members. -
Western Asiatic Stone Amulet Group
4th-3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including addorsed horse-heads and other types. 35.9 grams total, 21-38 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
