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Lot 2676
2nd millennium BC. A ceramic idol figurine with elliptical-section base rising to flat-section upper body, depicting a standing female with hands cupping the breasts; ribbed collar to the neck and stylised facial features. 125 grams, 20.5cm (8"). Ex Terence Eva collection, London, UK; formed 1970s-1980s. Fine condition.
Lot 2686
3rd millennium BC. A biconvex ceramic jar with flared rim. 300 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Acquired on the London art market prior to 1980. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2729
1st millennium AD. A group of objects consisting of a large bronze pin with balustered top and tapering body to a point; a ceramic lamp with round short wick hole, wide shoulders with raised lines for decoration and short lug handle. 86 grams, 8.5-18cm (3 1/4 - 7"). From an important private London collection; formed in the 1970s and 1980s. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2732
3rd-6th century AD. A group of ceramic stamp impressions comprising: two with Pahlavi inscription, one also with smaller stamped hand and lion seal impressions; one with a standing ram; one with a geometric symbol and a line of Pahlavi text around the inner circle. 120 grams total, 32-48mm (1 1/4 - 2"). Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. [4] Fine condition.
Lot 2767
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 AD. A ceramic white ware jar with narrow base, globular body and low neck with rolled rim, separate lid with domed top and knob handle; the glaze ranging from grey-green at the shoulder to cream at the base. 1.69 kg, 23.5cm (9 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1995. Fine condition.
Lot 2772
Northern Wei Dynasty, 386-535 AD. A ceramic rectangular brick with pointed arch recess; within the figure of Buddha standing on a lotus flower, hands held in blessing; robes in red and green pigment, nimbus behind head in green. 3.70 kg, 32.5cm (12 3/4"). From an important London collection, acquired in the 1990s. Fine condition.
Lot 2774
12th century AD. A green-glazed ceramic figurine of a nude seated female suckling a baby in her arms; hollow to the underside. Cf. Rooney, D.F. A Field Guide to Glazed Thai Ceramics in Asian Perspectives, Vol.28, No.2. 190 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1995. Fine condition.
Lot 2784
Northern Qi Dynasty, 550-577 AD. A ceramic figure of a male wearing a cap with a tall peaked back, with flaps over the ears; long robes falling to the knees and belt at waist, trousers below and tall boots; left hand at the waist, right held to chest; traces of pigment to the face, cap and robes. 348 grams, 22cm (8 3/4"). From an important London collection, acquired in the 1990s. Fair condition.
Lot 2789
Northern Wei Dynasty, 386-535 AD. A ceramic rectangular brick with pointed arch-shaped recess; within figure of the Buddha seated and wearing robes in red pigment, green robes falling over the throne; hair and facial features picked out in black pigment. 3.90 kg, 33cm (13"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1995. Fine condition.
Lot 2791
Northern Wei Dynasty, 386-535 AD. A ceramic rectangular brick with three niches with pointed arches; within each a seated figure of Buddha in meditation, robes in red pigment, nimbus to the back of the head in dark blue pigment. 7.10 kg, 36.5cm (14 1/4"). Acquired on the London art market prior to 1980. Fine condition.
Lot 2805
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A squat ceramic biconvex jar with flared rim, frieze of three crouching lions to the shoulder. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 399 grams, 13.5cm (5"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition, rim chipped.
Lot 2808
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A biconical ceramic jar with flared foot and rim, band of geometric ornament to the shoulder with ibex and lion panels. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 548 grams, 13cm (5"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2817
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A ceramic cup with discoid base, horizontal bands of lines and hatching. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 239 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). From the collection of the late David Gold. Fine condition.
Lot 2818
3rd millennium BC. A squat ceramic jar, biconical in profile with flared foot and everted rim, two bands with undulating hatched line and hatched leaf motifs. See discussion in Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology vol.2, New Delhi, 1994, p.149-50. 254 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). From the collection of the late David Gold. Fine condition, rim chipped.
Lot 2819
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A shallow ceramic bowl with discoid base, panels to the side wall with feeding bird, peepal leaf, eagle with spread wings, geometric motifs. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 211 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/2"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition, rim chipped.
Lot 2825
3rd millennium BC. A squat ceramic cup with flared foot, painted geometric panels to the sidewall, red band to the inner rim. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 125 grams, 91mm (3 3/4"). From the collection of the late David Gold. Fine condition.
Lot 2828
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A ceramic cup with discoid base, polychrome frieze with gryphons and geometric panels. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 88 grams, 87mm (3 1/2"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2832
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A ceramic cup with discoid base, polychrome panels with feeding bird and two fish. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 188 grams, 10cm (4"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2842
19th century AD. A group of four glazed ceramic tiles combined, with yellow field and arabesque floral borders, standing male figure in tall cap and riding jacket picking a flower with his left hand, right hand gripping his belt; polychrome floral motifs. 5.6 kg total, 35 x 35cm (13 3/4 x 13 3/4"). Property of a North West London gentleman; formerly with a central London gallery in 1990. The Qajar dynasty ruled Iran from 1783 to 1924 and came about after the collapse of the Zand dynasty during a civil war. The Qajars reigned from their newly established capital of Tehran, and with the stability the dynasty brought with it there was renewed building activity and its associated crafts such as tilework. Qajar tilework shows great vitality combining established design traditions with lively new iconography. It was not limited to religious buildings but has been seen in palaces, private buildings and city gates. Fine condition, light abrasion.
Lot 2863
13th century AD. A ceramic bowl with inverted rim in black pigment to the inside a cross pattern formed of painted wave motif and two horizontal lines; sharply angled shoulder to a small flat base. 302 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). Ex South London collection; acquired in the late 1990s. Fine condition, restored.
Lot 2869
12th century AD. A glazed ceramic two-handled vase with flat everted rim, wide sloping neck decorated with Arabic script; body decorated with arched panels with Arabic and floral patterns; wide flat base with painted triangles above. 1.23 kg, 21.5cm (8 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired from a major Mayfair gallery; acquired on the London art market before 2000. Fine condition, rim chipped.
Lot 2876
12th-13th century AD. A white-glazed ceramic vessel with bulbous body, flared base, barrel-shaped neck, flange and conical spout, hollow round-section handle with support bracket; incised panels of geometric decoration to the shoulder and neck. 1.6 grams, 27cm (10 1/2"). From a West Sussex collection formed before 1980; most of the collection being acquired by Desmond Morris in the 1980s. Fine condition, chipped, repaired at handle.
Lot 293
15th century AD. A ceramic figure of a saint, with luxuriant beard and hair, head slightly inclined and wearing long robes down to feet; arms crossed over chest and clutching the Bible. 241 grams, 15cm (6"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired from a major Mayfair gallery; acquired on the London art market before 2000. Very fine condition.
Lot 304
Neolithic, 5th-4th millennium BC. A ceramic figure of a female(?) with violin-shaped body, series of incised concentric lozenges and lines with dots, raised pellet to the pubic area. 100 grams, 11.8cm (4 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired from a major Mayfair gallery; acquired on the London art market before 2000. Very fine condition. Repaired.
Lot 136
20th century AD. A silver cup with deep bowl on an ornamented stem with repoussé decoration to the outer face depicting two male couples engaging in coitus, with a slave boy in the background observing the scene from behind the door; a lyre, double-flute, and draperies to the background; parcel-gilt rim and interior to the bowl; accompanied with a presentation box with text to the inner lid 'The Warren Cup Replica'. The silver Roman drinking vessel known as the Warren Cup dates from the reign of Nero in the first century A.D. Discovered in the late nineteenth century, it was soon purchased by E.P.Warren (1861-1928), a wealthy American anglophile and the pre-eminent collector of antiquities in his day. Upon Warren's death, no museum dared acquire or exhibit the cup, and in 1953 it was denied entry into the US. The cup has recently been the subject of widespread scholarly interest because of its unique place in the history of sexuality, and it is now on permanent exhibition in the Greek and Roman department of the British Museum, where it can assume its rightful place in art history. Accompanied by a copy of the publication Williams, D. The Warren Cup, The British Museum Press, 2006. 562 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). From an important London, W1, collection; acquired 1960-1980s. Possibly one of only six known silver replicas of the cup known to exist. Just one replica was ordered by Warren, which is now in the Ashmolean museum, Oxford, U.K. The cup would have formed part of a silver tableware used for banquets, an essential part of any wealthy Roman home. The cup finds parallels in ceramic Arretine cups that portray similar scenes of homosexual lovemaking. The imagery is possibly influenced by Greek examples that appear on vases and other pottery of the Classical period, and which emulate the ideal of youthful beauty and the practice of younger males being taken as lovers by older males. This was not just for sexual gratification, but also a form of sponsorship in which the youth received an informal education and guardianship. In the ancient world there were no words for homosexual and heterosexual and people could take lovers of any sex. In the Roman world it was the norm for a male to be the dominant partner, usually with a slave; for a Roman male to be the passive partner was seen as demeaning and against the concepts of the male dominated society. Images like this were not unusual in the Roman world. Some of the boys on this cup are underage by today's standards, but the Romans, like the Greeks, tolerated relationships between older and younger men. Relationships between men were part of Greek and Roman culture, from slaves to emperors, most famously the emperor Hadrian and his Greek lover, Antinous. Today such ancient images remind us that the way societies view sexuality is never fixed. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Extremely fine condition.
Lot 1409
5th-4th century BC. A hollow-formed ceramic statuette of the goddess Tanit with white, ochre and terracotta pigment; old collector's label. 233 grams, 19cm (7 1/2"). Ex Dr M. G. Weller collection, Cornwall, UK; formerly with Henry Dewey (British Geological Survey) and Sir Arthur Evans collections; acquired before 1900. Tanit (Tinnit, Tannou or Tangou) or was a Phoenician goddess, the chief deity of the city of Carthage with Ba`al Hammon. She was apparently the Phoenician equivalent of the moon-goddess Astarte, and was later worshipped in Roman Carthage in her Romanised form as Dea Caelestis, Juno Caelestis or simply Caelestis. [No Reserve] Fair condition, old repair to base.
Lot 1539
5th-3rd century BC. A blackware ceramic lekythos with tiered base, bulbous body with loop handle to the shoulder, trumpet-shaped neck and chamfered rim; red gusset to the base and cross to the underside. 220 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Property of an East Anglia gentleman; acquired on the London art market. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 1541
5th-3rd century AD. A ceramic blackware vessel with broad neck and narrow flared rim, vertical ribbing to the body, vinescroll to the neck, strap handle to the shoulder. 92 grams, 75mm (3"). Property of an East Anglia gentleman; acquired on the London art market. [No Reserve] Fine condition, rim repaired.
Lot 1561
5th-3rd century BC. A mixed blackware ceramic group comprising: a footed plate with raised rim; a lekythos with strap handle; a squat cup with flared base, loop handle to the rim. 363 grams total, 11-12.5cm (4 1/4 - 5"). Property of an East Anglia gentleman; acquired on the London art market. [3] Fine condition.
Lot 1578
5th-3rd century BC. A mixed group of ceramic blackware vessels comprising: two footed dishes each with chamfered rim; a squat footed bowl; a bell-shaped cup with loop handle to the rim. 599 grams total, 8.5-14.5cm (3 1/4 - 5 3/4"). Property of an East Anglia gentleman; acquired on the London art market. [4] Fine condition.
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