Antiquities - Near Eastern & Islamic
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449 ISLAMIC KHORASAN BRONZE PESTLE AND MORTAR WITH SILVER INLAY 12th-15th century AD A cast pestle and mortar, the pestle with flared flat end, ball to the other; the mortar tubular with broad flange to rim and base, the body with six silver-inlaid roundels featuring opposed birds; the rim with silver-inlaid calligraphic text and the base with similar text interrupted by three knotwork roundels. 2.5 kg, 15 cm (6"). Fine condition, silver roundels cleaned. [2] £1,200 - 1,800 EUR 1,390 - 2,080 USD 1,880 - 2,820 Acquired on the London art market in the late 1990s.
450 ISLAMIC BRONZE PESTLE AND MORTAR 19th century AD
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A pestle and mortar pair comprising: a round-section pestle with expanding ends, bulb to the centre of the shaft; a bell-shaped mortar with flared base and everted rim, facetted body with panels of arabesque foliate ornament to the outer face. Fine condition. 3.6 kg total, pestle: 22 cm, mortar: 15 cm (5¾ - 8½"). £400 - 600 EUR 460 - 690 USD 630 - 940 Silk collection, London, UK; formed in the 1950s.
451 ISLAMIC BRONZE BULL VESSEL Seljuk Empire, 11th-14th century AD A bulbous cast vessel with slightly flared neck and rolled rim, three stub legs to the underside, square-section handle from the rump to the rim of the neck with seven loops to the outer face; a bull-head spout to the front with prominent horns. 1.1 kg, 22 cm (8½"). Fine condition. £500 - 700 EUR 580 - 810 USD 780 - 1,100
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Property of a London collector, acquired early 1960s.
452 ISLAMIC BRONZE SILVER-INLAID CALLIGRAPHIC JUG 12th century AD
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A jug with broad body, deep shoulder, tapering neck and long channelled spout, round-section handle rivetted to the rear; the body decorated with roundels depicting a pair of birds and the neck with arabesque motifs; bands of silver-inlaid calligraphic text to the upper and lower body, and a third band on the shoulder. 847 grams, 29.5 cm (11¾"). Fine condition. £1,000 - 1,500 EUR 1,160 - 1,740 USD 1,570 - 2,350 Acquired on the London art market in the late 1990s.
453 ISLAMIC BRONZE CALLIGRAPHIC OIL LAMP BOWL Seljuk Empire, 11th-14th century AD A cast hemispherical bowl with three stub feet, broad everted rim with four flanges; to one flange a trapezoidal filler recess; to the rim a frieze of silver-inlaid advancing animals; to the flanges, silver-inlaid calligraphic text added later. 4 kg, 39 cm (15½"). Fair condition; repair to rim; one flange damaged. £800 - 1,200 EUR 930 - 1,390 USD 1,250 - 1,880 453
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Property of a London collector, acquired early 1960s.