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Lot 77
A pair of French large baluster shaped ceramic vases the main central panel hand painted with pink roses one with a framed picture of a young girl, surrounded by a shield shaped gold framework of scrolls & satyr mask, blue ribbon on a white ground, gilt decoration to top of the neck, one vase has had repairs to rim, 40cms high
Lot 85
Greta Pottery designed by Margret Marks including a tete a tete tea service comprising teapot, two tea cup & saucers, sugar bowl, milk jug; a side plate, egg cup & mug, earthenware, with in-glaze decoration of blue and green bands on a white ground on both cup and saucer, Marked, c.1938-40 Margarete Heymann (August 10, 1899 – 11 November 1990), also known as Margarete Heymann-Löbenstein, Margarete Heymann-Marks, and Grete Marks, was a German ceramic artist of Jewish origin and a Bauhaus student. In 1923 she founded the Haël Workshops for Artistic Ceramics at Marwitz that she had to close in 1933 and settled in Jerusalem.[1] She moved to Britain in 1936 and continued her work, becoming world famous as “Greta Pottery”. Decorating factory set up by Grete Marks. Her work is identifiable from the GP mark painted on her designs. The factory ceased activity when war broke out in 1939.
Lot 12
Nishapur, Ca. 10th century AD A nicely formed pottery bowl with its interior decorated with white tin glaze slip with black painted Kufic script. Nishapur was an ancient and medieval city in Iran, famous for its rich ceramic, glass and metalwork traditions, until it was destroyed by the Mongols in 1221. Size: L:70mm / W:210mm ; 430gProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
Lot 124
Iraq or Persia, Ca. 9th century AD A ceramic bowl of truncated conical shape with a wide ring foot. The interior is decorated with a highly stylized, black-coloured bird with dotted contours around abstract yellow motifs.Size: L:42mm / W:132mm ; 140gProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
Lot 13
Persia, Ca. 12th-13th century AD A ceramic bowl of hemispherical shape rising from a ring foot. The interior is painted in black and pale blue under a transparent glaze, decorated with a radial design around the central register featuring four inscribed panels, alternating with blue stripes and panels of abstract motifs. For a similar see Kayseri, Museum of Seljuk Civilization, inv. SUM-52.Size: L:89mm / W:186mm ; 375gProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
Lot 139
Persia, Nishapur, Ca. 9th century AD A ceramic bowl of truncated conical shape with a wide slightly concave foot. The interior is decorated with a net of black-painted lines dotted in white, creating multiple niches, each decorated with yellow painted leaves. Size: L:41mm / W:116mm ; 100gProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
Lot 155
Iraq or Levant, Ca. 9th century AD A ceramic bowl of hemispherical shape rising from an unglazed ring foot. The glazed interior is decorated with stylised motifs painted in brown and ochre. Medieval Islamic ceramics developed as a distinctive tradition of decoration in Muslim lands several centuries after the original Arab conquests. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond; Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine empire.Size: L:71mm / W:186mm ; 380gProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
Lot 157
Persia, (Nishapur), Ca. 9th-10th century AD A pottery bowl of a conical form on a short unglazed foot. The interior is with cream ground and embellished with stylised motifs painted in brown and green. Medieval Islamic ceramics developed as a distinctive tradition of decoration in Muslim lands several centuries after the original Arab conquests. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond; Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine empire.Size: L:73mm / W:211mm ; 610gProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
Lot 169
Iran, Ca. 17th-18th century AD A beautiful glazed ceramic bowl of a shallow form with flaring walls rising from a ring-shaped foot. The interior is embellished with vivid coloured decoration consisting of a central, human-faced sun enclosed in a blue roundel flanked by a multi-coloured band around the cavetto.Size: Set of 3; L:37mm / 43mm / 66mm / W:37mm / 43mm / 66mm ; 445gProvenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.
Lot 237
Ca. 3rd Millennium BC A creme-coloured ceramic figurine of a zebu bull with rondel eyes. Painted with stripes on the back, shoulders, and on the exaggerated crescent horns.The bull, with its hump and powerful horns, is a recurring motif in the Indus Valley. The animal may represent the leader of a herd, who is able to protect his followers, or it could be a reflection of the bull's importance in religious sacrifice.Size: L:87mm / W:77mm ; 45gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s.
Lot 239
Ca. 3rd Millennium BC A creme-coloured ceramic figurine of a zebu bull with rondel eyes. Painted with stripes on the back, shoulders, and on the exaggerated crescent horns.The bull, with its hump and powerful horns, is a recurring motif in the Indus Valley. The animal may represent the leader of a herd, who is able to protect his followers, or it could be a reflection of the bull's importance in religious sacrifice.Size: L:74mm / W:56mm ; 20gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s.
Lot 262
Ca. 400 BC A very rare type of ceramic krater with a deep funnel-shaped neck, twin loop handles on the shoulder, and between each handle a vertical zoomorphic protome in a form of a fox head. The body is decorated with red and brown encircling bands and panels around the shoulder.For a similar see Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Inventory number T.687."Size: L:210mm / W:240mm ; 1.69kgProvenance: Property of a London gallery; formely in High Wycombe Estate collection; formerly acquired on the UK Art market pre 2000.
Lot 279
Ca. 360-320 BC A ceramic black-glazed guttos with discoid body, pedestal foot, loop handle and trumpet-shaped spout; circumferential fluting and central gorgoneion with flowing hair in relief, perhaps representative of Medusa.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number: 1971.11.10.Size: L:93mm / W:93mm ; 165gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.
Lot 374
Ca. 800-1000 AD A ceramic grenade, also referred to as a 'Greek Fire'. This hollow vessel has a piriform body, with a short neck and a domed rim. The midsection of the body is decorated with a concave band flanked by two incised horizontal lines of impressed circles.'Greek Fire' was intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick and used as a hand grenade. Typically, it was used in naval battles as it could continue burning while floating on the water.Size: L:134mm / W:93mm ; 500gProvenance: Private UK collection; formerly acquired on the European art market from pre-2000 collections.
Lot 375
Ca. 800-1000 AD A ceramic grenade, also referred to as a 'Greek Fire'. This hollow vessel has a piriform body, with a short neck and a domed rim. The body is decorated with large incised concentric circles around the body. "Greek Fire” was intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick and used as a hand grenade. Typically, it was used in naval battles as it could continue burning while floating on the water. For similar grenades see Arendt, W. I., Granaten des 13-14. Jahrhunderts, die an der Wolga gefunden sind, Zeitschrift fur Historische Waffen-und Kostumkunde, 11 (1926-8), p.42; cf. Arendt, W., Die Spharisch-konischen Gefasse aus Gebranntem Ton, ibid; Ayalon, D., Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom, London, 1956, p.16.Size: L:130mm / W:90mm ; 490gProvenance: Private UK collection; formerly acquired on the European art market from pre-2000 collections.
Lot 405
Ca. 800-1000 AD A ceramic grenade, also referred to as "Greek Fire". This hollow vessel has a piriform body with a short neck and a domed rim. It was intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick and used as a hand grenade. Typically, it was used in naval battles as it could continue burning while floating on the water.Size: L:150mm / W:95mm ; 815gProvenance: Private UK collection; formerly acquired on the European art market from pre-2000 collections.
Lot 65
Persia (Nishapur), Ca. 10th century AD A pottery bowl of a conical form on a short unglazed foot. The interior is with cream ground and embellished with stylised motifs painted in brown, yellow and green. Medieval Islamic ceramics developed as a distinctive tradition of decoration in Muslim lands several centuries after the original Arab conquests. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond; Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine empire.Size: L:73mm / W:153mm ; 360gProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
Lot 68
Persia, Ca. 10th-11th century AD A brown glazed pottery bowl of a deep hemispherical-shaped body rising from a ring foot. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond; Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine empire.Size: L:86mm / W:141mm ; 390gProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
Lot 82
Ca. 10th century AD A terracotta charger in a light brown fabric with a cream interior ornamented with black and brown geometric motifs around the central interior register of the bowl. Nishapur was an ancient and medieval city in Iran, famous for its rich ceramic, glass and metalwork traditions, until it was destroyed by the Mongols in 1221. Size: L:67mm / W:293mm ; 970gProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
Lot 83
Iraq or Persia, Ca. 8th-10th century AD A ceramic shallow bowl with wide, flaring sides and a low disc foot. The interior is decorated with delicately-painted elegant motifs over cream ground. Medieval Islamic ceramics developed as a distinctive tradition of decoration in Muslim lands several centuries after the original Arab conquests. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond. Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine empire.Size: L:90mm / W:239mm ; 1.06kgProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
Lot 86
Egypt, Ca. 11th-13th century AD A ceramic bowl of a wide, flaring body sitting upon a low ring foot. The interior is highly ornamented with ochre, brown and red stylised motifs possibly evolved from writing.Size: L:83mm / W:232mm ; 470gProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
Lot 99
Persia, Nishapur, Ca. 10th century AD A ceramic bowl of hemispherical shape rising from a thick ring foot. The cream interior is decorated with a circumferential band of a lattice pattern, below a thick red band and central palmette design.Size: L:84mm / W:193mm ; 740gProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
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