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A KASHAN MONOCHROME MOULDED POTTERY EWER
Persia, 12th Century
With moulded floral decoration over the shoulder, under a turquoise glaze, 24cm high
Provenance: Jacques Desenfans Collection. Bonhams, 9 June 2010, lot 61.
£150-£250
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A LARGE KASHAN TURQUOISE GLAZED TILE
Persia, 12th Century
Of hexagonal shape, 29cm long
£150-£250
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A TIMURID CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILE FRAGMENT
Persia, early 14th Century
Of slightly convex shape, decorated in polychrome with floral and foliate design, 22cm long
£150-£200
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A BOKHARA COPPER EWER
Central Asia, 18th Century
On flaring foot, the fluted piriform body decorated with repoussé floral decoration, 29cm high
£80-£120
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A LARGE GLAZED POTTERY DISH, CENTRAL ASIA
Possibly Bukhara, 18th-19th Century
Decorated with green and black glaze on cream background, with a plant in the centre and a band of floral motifs around the rim, 33cm diam
£80-£120
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TWO MOROCCAN POTTERY DISHES
Late 19th - early 20th Century
The largest decorated with blue glaze on white background, the other with polychrome decoration, 22.5cm-28cm diam (2)
£150-£200
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A CHANAKKALE POTTERY DISH
Turkey, 19th Century
Decorated with floral motifs in brown on a cream background, 22.5cm diam
£150-£200
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A MUGHAL TINNED COPPER HUQQA BASE WITH INSCRIPTION
Northern India, 17th Century
The piriform body finely decorated with floral motifs, engraved with two bands of text for a poem about smoking, 'The qalyan becomes excellent in your hand/ The pipe (cane) becomes sugar cane in your mouth/ From your ruby-red bud-like lips, the little stick (?) of the qalyan/ From your sweet lips the entire pipe will become sugar cane', 35cm high
£300-£400
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A QAJAR BRASS TORCH STAND ELEMENT
Persia, 19th Century
Decorated with horned demons, dog-headed figures and other seated male and female figures, with floral motifs and birds in the background, two bands of pseudo-text at the top and the bottom of the scene, 23cm high; together with an Ottoman or North African steel stirrup, engraved on the sides with floral and geometric motifs, 18th-19th Century, 19cm high (2)
£100-£150
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A QAJAR BRASS-INLAID STEEL BIRD
Persia, 19th Century
With etched and inlaid decoration, with a flower over its chest and two peacocks on the fan tail, 23.5cm high
£150-£200
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A LARGE GILT BRASS REPOUSSÉ TRAY, MALAYSIA
Late 19th Century
With scalloped raised rim, the repoussé decoration with chased and incised details on a ring-matted ground, showing a soldier fighting a lion in the centre, surrounded by a circle of female dancers on floral ground, the border with foliage, 49.5cm diam
£300-£400
The following thirty-four lots (112-145) are from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
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AN ANCIENT PALE GREEN STONE SHALLOW DISH
Possibly Egypt or Mesopotamia
Round and shallow, with thick walls, 9cm diam
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London, acquired pre-1988.
£500-£700
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THREE HELLENISTIC GLASS BOWLS
Circa 2nd Century B.C.
One in amber glass, of hemispherical shape with slightly indented base, decorated with two wheel-cut grooves below the rim, 10.2cm diam; the other in olive green glass, of hemispherical shape with two wheel-cut grooves below the rim, 12.5cm diam; and another in pale yellow glass, hemispherical, with old collection label on the base '99', 14cm diam (3)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London. The yellow and olive green glass bowls, Bonhams, 1 April 2014, lot 153. English private collection, acquired in the 1980s.
£400-£600
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A GREEK CORE-FORMED GLASS AMPHORA
Eastern Mediterranean, circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.
Of dark green glass, decorated with opaque pale blue spiral trail around the neck and the shoulder, combed into festoons alternating with opaque red glass over the body, then resuming into a spiral to tip, the added base knop and the handles in transparent yellow glass, repaired from fragments, 16.5cm high
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£300-£400
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A ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS PATELLA CUP
Circa late 1st Century B.C. - early 1st Century A.D.
With double-convex profile and added ring foot, the composite mosaic pattern composed of different canes, the majority with an opaque rosette with yellow core encircled by a red ring and several white petals within a white circle on a translucent aubergine background, and some sections of a translucent green rosette on an opaque yellow background, 10cm diam
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£800-£1,200
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A LATE HELLENISTIC GOLD-BAND MOSAIC GLASS ALABASTRON
Circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.
Composed of amber, green, blue and opaque white bands, with two bands of clear glass enclosing a gold leaf, forming vertical waves from the rounded base to the cut-off rim, 13cm high
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
Literature: the neck of this type of alabastra was a separately-mould and removable element of monochrome glass, which is now missing from this example. For a complete example in the Metropolitan Museum, cf. inv. no. 17.194.286a,b.
£800-£1,200
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT GLASS FRAGMENTS
Circa 2nd Century B.C. - 4th Century A.D.
Including a Roman clear glass fragment of a bottle with flaring neck, the shoulder with wheel-cut engraving 'C...EYCTOP....EZ', circa 4th Century A.D., 6.5cm high, and a similar other fragment inscribed '...PISIDLOI...', 4.7cm long; a Hellenistic blue glass bowl fragment, with wheel-cut bands, 2nd Century B.C., 6.5cm high; a highly fragmentary Hellenistic core-formed glass amphoriskos, circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.; a Hellenistic blue glass oval cabochon, 35mm long; together with some fragments of modern engraved glass, a glass cameo, a rock crystal intaglio of Nike and a rock crystal Egyptian revival figure, Not Ancient (a lot)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London. The wheel-cut engraved fragment, Christie's, New York, Ancient Glass formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection, 3 June 1999, lot 218 (part). Sangiorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi, no. 146. The blue glass bowl fragment, Henry Wallis RWS Collection (1830-1916), the Pre-Raphaelite painter, writer and collector.
£150-£200
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THREE ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS FACE BEADS
Circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.
One of opaque red glass, the central band with alternating faces and rosettes, another in opaque red glass with busts and multi-coloured squares, and an example in opaque bright green with faces and multi-coloured boxes, 13mm-15mm diam (3)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£150-£200
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A LARGE ROMAN GREEN GLASS JUG
Circa 3rd Century A.D.
With added strap handle and ring foot, the neck decorated with a trail spiral, 25.5cm high
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£150-£250
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A ROMAN GREEN GLASS JAR
Circa 4th Century A.D.
The body decorated with a row of indentations below the shoulder, with two applied handles, 13.5cm high
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£100-£200
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TWO ROMAN GREEN GLASS DOUBLE BALSAMARIA
Circa 4th-5th Century A.D.
One example with conjoined fluted vials and added green glass over-arching handle with opaque dark red striation, 16.5cm high; another example with wavy handles applied to the sides, 12cm high; together with a bronze cosmetic implement, 13cm long (3)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£300-£500
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THREE ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.
Including a pale blue bottle with squat ribbed body; a green glass candlestick unguentarium; and a pale yellow glass bottle with thick walls, 14cm-23cm high (3)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£200-£300
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THREE ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Including an aubergine glass bird-shaped feeder, 7cm high; an aubergine glass bottle and an amber glass flask with piriform body, 11cm-13cm high (3)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£150-£200
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THREE ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
Including a pale green glass sprinkler, the hemispherical body mould-blown circles enclosed in hexagons, 11cm high; a green glass barrel-shaped jug with ribs at the shoulder and above the foot, 16cm high; and a pale green glass jug with fluted piriform body, 15cm high (3)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£200-£300
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FIVE ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
Circa 3rd-5th Century A.D.
Including a green glass jug with long neck and applied handle; and four other bottles, one with opalescent iridescence and ground down rim, 8.5cm-15cm high (5)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£150-£250
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FOUR ROMAN AND LATE ROMAN GREEN GLASS BEAKERS
Black Sea region, circa 1st-7th Century A.D.
Including a carinated beaker with four bands of wheel-cut decoration, circa 1st Century A.D., 9.5cm high; and three beakers the wide mouth slightly constricted towards the base, 8cm-9.5cm high (4)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London, acquired in the 1990s.
£150-£250
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A SASANIAN GREEN GLASS FACET-CUT BOWL
Iran, circa 6th-7th Century A.D.
The hemispherical bowl with six rows of hexagonal facets, and a row of circular facets around the base, 9cm diam
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£300-£500
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A COLLECTION OF ROMAN AND ISLAMIC GLASS MINIATURE VESSELS
Circa 4th-13th Century A.D.
Including a Roman clear glass miniature flask, and ten Islamic miniature vessels including a green glass octagonal chalice, a bottle, a blue marbled glass poppy seed flask and a core-formed black and white square bottle, 2.8cm-3.8cm high; and five Islamic glass bangles, 5cm-9cm diam (16)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£100-£200
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FIVE ROMAN AND ISLAMIC GREEN GLASS VESSELS
Circa 4th-10th Century A.D.
Including a sprinkler with vertical applied fins over the body; another sprinkler, mould-blown with spiral fluting on the body and dark blue applied handles; a small jar on three stump feet; a miniature bottle with globular body; and an Islamic bottle with flaring neck and indented base, 5cm-9cm high (5)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£150-£200
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SEVEN ROMAN AND ISLAMIC GLASS VESSELS
Circa 1st-12th Century A.D.
Including a Roman pale blue flask with spiral trail decoration, 8.5cm high; two Roman marbled glass flasks, 7.5cm high; a Roman aubergine glass bottle with dimples on the body, 8cm high; and three Islamic flasks, one example with moulded body, 5.5cm-7cm high (7)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£150-£200
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A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF ISLAMIC AND LATER GLASS
Including an Islamic moulded glass oil lamp, a flask moulded with lions on the body, a terracotta flask with insects moulded on the body, and three other Islamic fragmentary vessels; an Assyrian-style flask with a band of white, mustard and turquoise petals on the shoulder, Not Ancient; a Roman-style blue and white marbled glass flask, and a cinerarium lid, Not Ancient; a core-formed amphoriskos, Not Ancient; and a Phoenician-style core-formed head pendant, Not Ancient, 6cm-12cm high (11)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£100-£200
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A LARGE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GLASS BEADS
Roman to Islamic Period and later
Including two Roman spherical beads inlaid with small round faces and red dots, a Phoenician yellow eye bead, a large Roman mosaic glass bead with multiple rosettes on green ground, and a large selection of mainly Islamic glass beads (a lot)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£200-£300
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A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF ANCIENT ARTEFACTS
Including various Roman and Islamic glass vessels, some fragmentary, including a Roman misfired glass jar, three Islamic schist carvings, three Islamic glass seals, two Chinese glass beads, four Islamic glass beads, a group of Islamic glass rings, three bead necklaces, a Byzantine bronze weight engraved with a haloed figure, five flint arrowheads, and a variety of other items, Not Ancient (a lot)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£100-£200
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FIVE CHINESE BLUE GLASS 'ERHTANG' EAR SPOOLS
Han Dynasty, circa 200 B.C./A.D.
Flaring at both ends with narrow perforation at the centre, 14mm-21mm high (5)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£100-£200
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AN EGYPTIAN BANDED ALABASTER ALABASTRON
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
With two small lug handles, the neck and rim missing, 15.5cm high
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£100-£200
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A SMALL GRANITE EGYPTIAN-STYLE HEAD
Depicting a bald male head, possibly a priest, 9cm high, Not Ancient
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£80-£120
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TWO URARTIAN BRONZE GOBLETS
Circa 8th-7th Century B.C.
On conical foot, the body decorated with two rows of hollow-cast spikes, 10.5cm-14.5cm high (2)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£250-£350
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A LURISTAN BRONZE SPOON
Iran, circa 10th-7th Century A.D.
With elongated and deep bowl, the handle gently curving towards the zoomorphic terminal, 27cm long
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£80-£120
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A GREEK BRONZE OINOCHOE
Circa 5th-4th Century B.C.
With angular shoulder and round beaded rim, the separately-cast over-arching handle with a terminal in the shape of a palmette, 13.5cm high
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£300-£400
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A GNATHIAN WARE POTTERY OLPE
Circa 4th Century B.C.
With ribbed body, enlivened with red, white and yellow slip, decorated with a band of ivy around the shoulder and a band of bead-and-reel on the body, the handle in the form of a Herculean knot, 19cm high
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London. Purchased at Bonhams, London, 29 April 2005, lot 342. European private collection formed from the late 1950s.
£250-£350
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A SMALL GREEK RED-FIGURE PYXIS
Circa 4th Century B.C.
The body with concave sides and flat base, the interior with remains of glaze, the lid with raised border with later added decoration of a Medusa head, the body and lid possibly not belonging, 6.3cm diam
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London. Bonhams, London, 10 April 2000, lot 166.
£150-£250
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A GROUP OF ROMAN AND ROMANO-BRITISH BRONZE FIBULAE
Circa 1st-4th Century A.D.
Including a Hod Hill example, a 'Tutulus' type, a large 'trumpet' brooch, a round example with enamel, and other examples, 3cm-10cm long; together with two Samnite bronze belt hooks with zoomorphic terminal, circa 4th Century B.C., 11cm long (9)
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London. The brooches purchased at Bonhams 29 April 2009, lot 296. Welsh private collection, acquired between the 1970s-2000s. Richard Hattatt Collection.
Literature: for two similar examples of Samnite belt hooks in the shape of cicadas in the Harvard Art Museum, inv. no. 2012.1.107.A-C.
£150-£250
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A ROMAN SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CROSSBOW FIBULA
Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D.
With onion-shaped terminals at the openwork arm and one at the end of the bow, decorated with niello geometric motifs on a silver band, the plate with scrolled detail to the edges, 9cm long
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£100-£200
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A GOLD AND GARNET RING
The oval cabochon set in a high flaring bezel, the hoop with angular shoulders, 23mm length of gem, ring size 'S'
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£600-£800
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A MEDIEVAL BRONZE ENAMELLED HERALDIC MOUNT
Circa 13th-14th Century A.D.
The shield-shaped mount decorated with red enamel forming a cross, 3.3cm long, mounted on a modern ring size 'T'
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£80-£120
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TWO PHOENICIAN GLASS PENDANTS
Circa 6th-4th Century B.C.
Including a head pendant, with trailed turban in blue, red, green and yellow, 18mm long; and an animal head pendant with added opaque red horns and applied white and black eyes, with suspension hoop, 28mm long (2)
Provenance: Michael Poulson (1947-1997) Collection, member of the Glass Circle, acquired in Germany in the early 1990s.
£150-£250
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A ROMAN PALE GREEN GLASS SPRINKLER FLASK
Circa 3rd Century A.D.
The piriform body decorated with fine spiral trailing, 12cm high
Provenance: English private collection, London, acquired in New York in 1986. Bonhams, London, 26 April 2007, lot 264.
£200-£300
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A ROMAN WHEEL-CUT GREEN GLASS BOTTLE
Eastern Mediterranean, circa 1st Century A.D.
With thick-walled globular body, flat base and long neck with folded rim, decorated with the wheel-cut technique, with two parallel bands over the shoulder and a latticed pattern on the body, and five horizontal grooves of alternating width over the neck, 18.5cm high
Provenance: Hayford Peirce (1885-1946) Collection, Paris and Bangor, Maine, formed in the 1910s-1930s, thence by descent. Acquired from J. Brummer, New York, in 1930. Accompanied by a copy of a handwritten inventory list by Mr Peirce listing the provenance 'Brum' and the date of purchase.
£500-£700
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A ROMAN GREEN GLASS BOTTLE
Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D.
The globular body moulded with fine vertical ribs, 15.5cm high
Provenance: Michael Poulson (1947-1997) Collection, member of the Glass Circle, acquired in London in the 1980s-1990s.
£200-£300
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A ROMAN GREEN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM
Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.
With globular body and tall neck, with old label on the base 'M Dish show case drawing room', 16cm high
Provenance: English private collection, purchased from Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Munich, in the 1990s.
£80-£120
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