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LOT 1376
Western Asiatic Stone Implement
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (50 grams, 10.6 cm).
Square in section with segmented body and forked end; possibly a yarn-winding tool. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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Sogdian Silver Cup with Incised Design
7th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
Comprising a tapering sidewall with carination and convex underside, trumpet-shaped foot with beaded rim; D-shaped thumb-pad to the rim with narrow chamfered handle and spur beneath; frieze of fronds reserved against a pounced field. 67.7 grams, 86 mm
Old Belgian private collection, 1970s. Acquired on the Brussels art market, 2008. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12908-242700.
Footed silver cups with ring handles were well known in Central Asia and were common in Sogdian silverwork of the 7th – 8th century A.D. The low beaded foot and the ring handle with lobed thumb rest are well documented in Sogdian silver attributed to the same period. The plant and floral decoration finds parallel with a silver bowl from Xijao (Marshak, 1999, fig.6), which shows the same low beaded foot of our cup. This decoration is also visible on a vessel from the Malaya Perescepina treasure, sent by the Emperor Heraclius to the Bulgarian Khan Kuvrat. Heraclius took it together with other precious objects as war booty after defeating the Sasanians in 627-628 A.D. -
Mesopotamian Stone Vase
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Tubular in section with broad base and gently flared profile. 440 grams, 11 cm high
Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Limestone Jar
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £210
Indurate limestone vessel with squat profile, broad flat base, carinated shoulder and broad rounded rim. 405 grams, 88 mm wide
From a London, UK, gentleman's collection of ancient pottery and artefacts, 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
