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FOUR MESOPOTAMIAN HARDSTONE CYLINDER SEALS
Circa 3300-1700 B.C.
Including a Jemdet Nasr red stone example, in the drill-hole technique, with two rows of spouted pots, with two bulls' heads in the field, 21mm x 21mm; a Babylonian lapis lazuli example showing an enthroned horned deity facing an adorant, a crescent in the background, inscribed with three columns of text, 18mm x 9mm; another Babylonian black steatite cylinder seal carved with a buchranium and a quadruped and a snake separated by columns of geometric designs, 19mm x 8mm; and a Syrian haematite seal showing three adorants facing a combined crescent and sun disc over a papyrus flanked by two ibex heads, 20mm x 11mm (4)
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
The Syrian haematite seal was offered at Christie's, London, 6 July 1994, lot 160.
£800-£1,200
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SIX MESOPOTAMIAN AMULETS
Late Uruk - Jemdet Nasr Period, circa 3300-2900 B.C.
Including an aragonite amulet in the shape of a fish, another example in the shape of a vulture, and another in the shape of a cockerel, 2.4cm-7.8cm long; together with three lapis lazuli pendants, one in the form of a lion and two of bull's horns, all with round white inlays, some missing, 15mm-19mm long (6)
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£400-£600
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THREE MESOPOTAMIAN HARDSTONE AMULETS
Jemdet Nasr, circa 3300-2900 B.C.
Including a banded calcite vulture, drilled with several holes at the back, pierced vertically, 3.5cm long; a small white stone couchant calf, engraved with a star and a cross on the underside, 2.4cm long; and a steatite couchant deer with round drilled eyes, 4.2cm long (3)
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£400-£600
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FIVE ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN HARDSTONE AMULETS
Circa 3rd-1st Millennium B.C.
Including a Jemdet Nasr chalcedony rodent, and a white quartz couchant cow, circa 3300-2900 B.C., 22mm-30mm long; a carnelian frog pendant, a banded agate frog, sitting with the head pointing up, and a rock crystal bird, 19mm-23mm; and a garnet rhino, Not Ancient (6)
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£400-£600
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SIX ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN HARDSTONE SEALS
Circa 3rd Millennium B.C. to 5th Century A.D.
Including a Jemdet Nasr red stone seal in the drill-hole technique showing two human figures and dots in the field, 35mm diam, another in black stone of rhomboidal shape with a geometric pattern, 39mm long, a conical example in steatite engraved cross motif, 15mm diam, and a large rectangular steatite seal decorated with two ibexes, 4.3cm x 3.3cm; a red stone conical stamp seal engraved with two stags tête-bêche, 13mm diam; and a Sasanian domed seal engraved with a horse, 21mm diam (6)
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£400-£600
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A MESOPOTAMIAN BLACK STEATITE RECUMBENT RAM
Late Uruk - Jemdet Nasr Period, circa 3300-2900 B.C.
Reclining, with elongated head and curled horns, the eyes hollow for now-missing inlays, 9cm long
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£1,500-£2,500
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A MESOPOTAMIAN GYPSUM FEMALE HEAD
Sumerian, Early Dynastic, circa 2500-2300 B.C.
With over-sized almond-shaped eyes and serene smile, the finely-carved hair tied with a fillet into a chignon at the back, 5.5cm high
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£2,000-£3,000
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TWO ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STONE VESSELS
Circa 2nd-1st Millennium B.C.
Including a black steatite cosmetic vessel, of rectangular shape with concave interior, decorated with geometric incised motifs on the exterior, the handle in the shape of a stylised human head, 9cm long; and a Mesopotamian calcite round tripod dish, the shallow bowl supported by three stump feet, 8cm diam
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£400-£600
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A LURISTAN BRONZE BRACELET
Iran, circa 9th-7th Century B.C.
Finely decorated with incised bands of semi-circles within rectangles, with zig zag along the borders, the terminals in the shape of an ibex head with long ears and curved horns, 6.8cm diam
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£300-£500
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A CAUCASIAN BRONZE OPENWORK BELT BUCKLE
Circa 6th-5th Century B.C.
Depicting a stag with branched antlers, the head twisting back, with a stylised bird between its legs, framed within a rectangular rope-like border, with an attachment hoop and hook at the back, 9.3cm long
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature: for a similar example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, cf. O. W. Muscarella, 'Bronze and Iron', New York, 1988, p. 440, pl. 582.
£600-£800
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THREE MIGRATION PERIOD ARTEFACTS
Circa 5th-7th Century A.D.
Including a Frankish or Hunnic bronze buckle, the plate and the loop decorated with blue, red and clear glass inlays, 4.5cm long; and two Ostrogothic gilt silver attachments in the shape of a bird with curved beak, with a round red glass inlay for the eye and attachment hoops on the reverse, 2.3cm-2.5cm long (3)
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£400-£600
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A EUROPEAN BRONZE SPEAR HEAD
Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-750 B.C.
Finely patinated, with leaf-shaped blade and full-length mid-rib, the socket finely decorated with incised geometric motifs and lines of dots, 10cm long
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£300-£500
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TWO CLASSICAL TERRACOTTA VESSELS
Circa 1300-1000 B.C.
Including a Mycenaean chalice, on a high flared foot, with hemispherical bowl and twin handles, decorated with red slip over the rim and handles, with parallel stripes over the stem and foot, a band of repeated double spirals on the body, 16.5cm high; together with a Cypriot early Geometric handled cup with flaring mouth, decorated with two chequered triangles and bands on the exterior, chequered squares on the base of the foot and circles on the interior, 13cm diam (2)
Provenance: Dr Charles Seltman (1886-1957) Collection, UK. The Mycenaean chalice from Arcolis, Crete. Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£800-£1,200
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A GREEK BLACK GLAZED OINOCHOE
South Italian, circa 4th Century B.C.
With elegant broad shoulders and ovoid body, and arching handle joining the trefoil lip, 12cm high
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£250-£350
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A HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WRESTLER
Possibly from Smyrna, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.
Depicted with grotesque features, bald head and muscular body, wearing a loincloth, 11cm high
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£300-£500
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A HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A YOUTH
Circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.
Finely moulded with handsome features, wearing a laurel wreath over short curly hair, 6cm long
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£300-£500
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A GROUP OF CLASSICAL TERRACOTTAS
Circa 7th Century B.C. - 3rd Century A.D.
Including a Cypriot bust of a male worshipper, a Greek kore protome fragment, a Greek Archaic bust of a kore, a Phoenician fertility figure, a Greek antefix decorated with the head of a satyr, and a small Roman horse appliqué with saddle and harness, 6cm-11cm high (6)
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner. The horse appliqué' previously in the A.B. Cook Collection.
£500-£700
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A CELT-IBERIAN BRONZE ANTHROPOMORPHIC FINIAL
Circa 3rd-1st Century B.C.
The slender highly stylised figure with large eyes and smiling face, the long hair combed backwards, 9cm long
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£500-£700
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TWO COPTIC BONE ARTEFACTS
Circa 5th-6th Century A.D.
Including a whistle decorated with dot-and-circles, 7cm long, and an open-work plaque with a row of stylised birds, 4.8cm long; together with a Roman silver fibula, circa 2nd Century A.D., the catchplate decorated with incised triangles, the terminal of the bow looped back and formed into the protome of a horse's head, 4.5cm long; and a piece of amber (4)
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£300-£500
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A MINOAN BANDED AGATE SEAL
Late Bronze Age, circa 1450-1200 B.C.
Of lentoid shape, pierced for suspension, engraved with a winged griffin, 29mm diam
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature: for a similar example in chalcedony engraved with a winged griffin, found at Avdou Pediados, cf. C. Zervos, L'Art de la Crete Neolithique et Minoenne, France, 1956, pl.677.
£400-£600
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AN ETRUSCAN CARNELIAN SCARAB
Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C.
Engraved on the underside with a winged lion, the wing-case damaged, 16mm long; together with a Roman carnelian intaglio of a draped male figure, 13mm long (2)
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£150-£200
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TWO PERSIAN SEALS
Qajar, circa 20th Century A.D.
Including an oval carnelian example and a prismatic glass seal with three faces, both with inscriptions, 17mm-30mm long (2)
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£300-£500
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THREE PRE-COLUMBIAN ARTEFACTS
Including two gold ornaments, possibly Tairona, Columbia, the two discs formed by a coiled thread, with added suspension hoops at the back, each 13mm diam; together with a green stone bird amulet, Mexico, 4cm high (2)
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£200-£300
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A VERACRUZ TERRACOTTA SMILING HEAD, MEXICO
Circa 7th-8th Century A.D.
Hollow-moulded, the broad face with typical smiling open mouth and almond-shaped eyes, wearing a flat head crest decorated with modelled geometric ornaments and a pair of round earrings, 15cm high
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£300-£500
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A BACTRIAN CHLORITE HANDLED WEIGHT
Circa late 3rd Millennium - early 2nd Millennium B.C.
Of rectangular shape with overarching handle, finely engraved on one side with two crouching lions, feeding on a calf, with two scorpions encircled by the lions' tails; with geometric motifs on the other side, possibly representing a town, 18cm high
Provenance: UK collection, London, acquired in the late 1980s.
£900-£1,200
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TWO BACTRIAN CHLORITE CONTAINERS
Circa late 3rd Millennium - early 2nd Millennium B.C.
Both of cylindrical shape, decorated with engraved bands of 'bricks', the largest with a central band of zig zag, 8.5cm and 10cm diam (2)
Provenance: UK collection, London, acquired in the late 1980s.
£350-£450
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TWO MESOPOTAMIAN CALCITE VESSELS
Circa 3rd Millennium B.C.
Including a bowl with ribs over and below the rim and a single lug handle, 11cm diam; and a shallow dish, the handle in the shape of a bird's head, 8.5cm diam (2)
Provenance: UK collection, London, acquired in the late 1980s.
£250-£350
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TWO BACTRIAN BANDED CALCITE BOWLS
Circa late 3rd - early 2nd Millennium B.C.
Of conical shape with flat base, 8cm diam (2)
Provenance: UK collection, London, acquired on the German art market in the 1980s.
£300-£400
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A LARGE PERSIAN POTTERY STORAGE VESSEL
Iran, circa 3rd Millennium B.C.
Red burnished, decorated with in black paint with a band of zig zag at the shoulder and pairs of elongated triangles below, filled with zig zag, with flat base and slightly everted rim, 39cm high
Provenance: UK collection, purchased on the Paris art market in circa 2000.
£1,500-£2,000
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A PERSIAN FRAGMENTARY ANTHROPOMORPHIC POTTERY JAR
Iran, circa early 2nd Millennium B.C.
Probably from a tripod vessel, decorated in umber slip with bands of geometric patterns, the large male protome with stylised features, wearing a peaked helmet and large upturned pointy boots, the rest of the vessel reconstructed with modern restoration, 38cm high
Provenance: Christie's, London, 25 October 2006, lot 30. UK collection acquired in the 1960s.
£500-£700
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AN ANATOLIAN 'MINYAN WARE' TERRACOTTA JUG
Circa mid-2nd Millennium B.C.
With flat base, globular body, flaring mouth and one handle, 15.5cm high
Provenance: Bonhams, 1 May 2008, lot 361 (part). West Country private collection, UK.
£80-£120
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A GROUP OF HOLY LAND AND NORTH AFRICAN POTTERY VESSELS
Circa 1st Millennium B.C. - 4th Century A.D.
Including a Bronze Age double-handled vessel with red geometric decoration, 14cm high; two Roman small transport amphorae with ribbed conical body, 29cm high; two Roman terra sigillata red slip ware vessels, 21cm-22cm high; a small cup, two ribbed vessels, four bottles, an oil lamp and a fragment of a plaque moulded with a horse in relief, 7cm-20cm high (15)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr & Mrs Balfour-Paul, acquired whilst working in the Middle East between the 1960s and the early 1970s.
£300-£500
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TWO ANCIENT TERRACOTTA VESSELS
Including an Ancient Near Eastern red slip bowl with added wave decoration below the rim, circa 1st Millennium B.C., 27.5cm diam; and a Chinese pottery vessel, Neolithic Period, circa 3rd Millennium B.C., 24cm high; together with a terracotta askos, Not Ancient
Provenance: English private collection, Sussex, acquired in the 1990s.
£150-£200
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THREE ANCIENT BRONZE ITEMS
Circa 2nd Millennium B.C. - 2nd Century A.D.
Including a Sumerian head, 2.2cm high; a stylised Amlash stag, Iran, 6.5cm long; and a Roman bronze ring with glass oval gem, ring size 'E' (3)
Provenance: UK collection, London, acquired in the late 1980s - early 1990s.
£200-£300
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FOUR ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN BRONZE STAMP SEALS
Iran, circa 2nd - early 1st Millennium B.C.
Including two Bactrian examples with ring at the back, one partially openwork, 3.8cm-4.2cm diam; and two Luristan seals with cross motifs, 4.2cm-5.1cm diam (4)
Provenance: English private collection, acquired in London in the 1970s.
£150-£200
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A HITTITE-STYLE BRONZE ANIMAL FINIAL
8.5cm high
£200-£300
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TWO ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN AMULETS
Circa 1st Millennium B.C. Including a Levantine shell amulet in the form of a fish, with stylised eye and fins, the body decorated with drilled holes for now-missing inlays, 8cm long; and an Ancient Near Eastern haematite amulet or game-piece, 3.8cm high (2)
Provenance: Hayford Peirce (1885-1946) Collection, Paris and Bangor, Maine, formed in the 1910s-1930s, thence by descent.
£200-£400
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A LURISTAN BRONZE MACEHEAD
Iran, circa 10th-8th Century B.C.
Of tubular shape, composed of three panels with bands of chevrons in relief, 24.5cm long
Provenance: German private collection, Cologne, formed in the 1980s.
£300-£400
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A LURISTAN BRONZE AXEHEAD
Iran, circa 10th-8th Century B.C.
The ribbed socket decorated with four spikes, the flaring blade with flanges, 19cm long
Provenance: German private collection, Cologne, formed in the 1980s.
£200-£300
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A LURISTAN BRONZE SWORD
Iran, circa 10th-7th Century B.C.
With tapering blade, flanged guard and grip with lobed pommel, 35cm long
Provenance: German private collection, Cologne, formed in the 1980s.
£150-£250
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A LURISTAN BRONZE SPEARHEAD
Iran, circa 11th-9th Century B.C.
With leaf-shaped blade, raised mid-rib and long tang with curved terminal, 41cm long
Provenance: English private collection, London, acquired in the 1990s.
£150-£200
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TWO SOUTH ARABIAN CALCITE FRAGMENTS
Circa 3rd Century B.C. - 2nd Century A.D.
Including the base for a small stele inscribed in Qatabanian for the deceased, 15.5cm long; and the feet and integral plinth from the statuette of a dedicant, 9cm long (2)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr C. Wightman, received as a gift from an RAF colleague before he retired in 1980. Both were posted in South Arabia, Aden and the Middle East in the 1960s.
£200-£300
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THREE PARTHIAN GREEN GLAZED POTTERY VESSELS
Iran, circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.
Including a large pilgrim's flask with lentoid body and pointed handles, another pilgrim's flask with round flat body and ear handles, and a small flask with spherical body slightly pointed at the base, 25cm-10cm high (3)
Provenance: UK private collection, formed in the 1960s.
£300-£400
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A FATIMID WOVEN SILK AND LINEN FRAGMENT (TIRAZ)
Egypt, 11th/12th Century A.D.
Of rectangular form, in mustard yellow, red and blue with a central band of roundels containing animals flanked by bands of pseudo Kufic and lozenge motifs, 70cm x 17cm
Provenance: Hayford Peirce (1885-1946) Collection, Paris and Bangor, Maine, formed in the 1910s-1930s, thence by descent.
£1,000-£1,500
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A LARGE EARLY ISLAMIC UNGLAZED SLIP-PAINTED POTTERY STORAGE JAR, CENTRAL ASIA
Circa 9th-10th Century A.D.
With twin handles with applied bowls with ring handles, decorated in black slip with intricate geometric motifs over the shoulder, the neck decorated with encircled peacocks and cross-hatching below the wide rim, 48cm high
Provenance: German private collection, acquired between 1972 and 1974.
£300-£500
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AN EARLY ISLAMIC UNGLAZED SLIP-PAINTED POTTERY AMPHORA, CENTRAL ASIA
Circa 9th-10th Century A.D.
Decorated with intricate floral and abstract motifs and rope designs, with two applied snakes perching over the handles, their head peeking inside the flaring mouth of the vessel, the handles and body inlaid with irregular turquoise glaze fragments, 36cm high
Provenance: German private collection, acquired between 1972 and 1974.
£200-£300
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AN EARLY ISLAMIC UNGLAZED SLIP-PAINTED POTTERY EWER, CENTRAL ASIA
Circa 9th-10th Century A.D.
Decorated with an applied rope at the shoulder, three lug handles around the neck and a stylised snake above the wide rope handle, the upper half of the spherical body and the neck painted with elaborate abstract motifs encircling birds, 44.5cm high
Provenance: German private collection, acquired between 1972 and 1974.
£150-£250
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A GROUP OF EARLY ISLAMIC UNGLAZED POTTERY VESSELS, CENTRAL ASIA
Circa 9th-12th Century A.D.
Including a storage jar with ribs over the shoulder, decorated with red, black and white slip, showing three winged demons over the body, 31cm high; a jug in the shape of a cockerel, with a spout at the head and a strainer for the tail, 31.5cm high; a small jug with a strainer at the base of the spout, 16cm high; and three red clay vessels, one with the spout moulded in the shape of a lion, 10cm-12cm high (6)
Provenance: German private collection, acquired between 1972 and 1974.
£150-£250
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A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY STAR TILE
Persia, 12th-13th Century
In the shape of an eight-pointed star, decorated with a feline on a floral background, the border with a band of script, 20.5cm wide; together with a small Persian juglet decorated with birds, 7cm high (2)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr & Mrs Balfour-Paul, acquired whilst working in the Middle East between the 1960s and the early 1970s.
£1,000-£1,500
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