Friday 2 May 2025 | Lots:
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Antiquities, Islamic & Indian Arts
Friday 2 May 2025 10:00
Roseberys' Antiquities, Islamic and Indian Arts auction features an array of works, comprising medieval Islamic pottery, including a Nishapur bowl with connections to V&A Keeper of Ceramics Arthur Lane (1909-1963), a rare music manuscript dated 813AH/1410-11AD and attributed to ‘Abd al-Qadir ibn Ghaibi al-Maraghi, a wonderful silver inlaid celestial globe, an impressive Cantagalli footed bowl, a folio from the Freer Shahnameh, and Indian miniatures from the private collections of Toby Falk (1942-1997) and architect Francis Golding (1944-2013). The Antiquities section of the sale will feature Egyptian shabtis from the family of a 19th century railways engineer, three wonderful Greek black painted Attic vessels with Sotheby’s provenance.
CENTRAL LONDON VIEWING AT 4 CROMWELL PLACE, SW7 2JE:
Thursday 24 April: 12pm - 6pm
Friday 25 April: 10am - 4pm
VIEWING AT ROSEBERYS:
Sunday 27 April: 10am - 2pm
Monday 28 April: 9.30am - 5pm
Tuesday 29 April: 9.30am - 5pm
Wednesday 30 April: 9.30am - 5pm
Thursday 1 May: 9.30am - 5pm
Highlight Lots
LOT 18
An attic Little Master Class black-figured band-cup, circa 550-525 B.C., Each side with a...
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
LOT 35
A Hellenistic to Early Roman bronze attachment of a fallen warrior, circa 2nd-1st century B.C....
Estimate: £1,800 - £2,000
LOT 94
A Nishapur calligraphic conical pottery bowl,Central Asia, 9th/10th century, Rising from a near...
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
LOT 136
A collection of musical texts and diagrams, under the later inscribed title of Zubda al-anwar fi...
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
LOT 144
Voltaire: Tarikh-i Pitr-i Kabir and Tarikh-i Sharl-i Davazdahhum, copy attributed to Ibn...
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
LOT 156
A silver inlaid engraved brass celestial globe and stand, Iran or India, late 17th-18th...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
LOT 159
A long-tailed bird in the style of Ustad Mansur, Mughal India, late 18th century, gouache on...
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
LOT 175
A large and impressive Iznik “Damascus” style high footed pottery basin (tazza), Ulisse...
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
LOT 190
A decoupe calligraphic composition (levha), 2ll. of red Ottoman Turkish below, Ottoman Turkey or...
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
LOT 371
An embroidered shawl (phulkari), meenakari, Punjab, first half 20th century, silk floss on...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
LOT 1
An Egyptian polychrome painted wood sarcophagus maskPtolomaic Period or later The serene face...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Starting Bid: £550
LOT 2
An alabaster bowl, Egypt, Early Dynastic, Dynasty I-III, 2920-2575 B.C.The shallow vessel on a...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Starting Bid: £420
LOT 3
An archaic Greek silver pin, Circa 6th century B.C. with a series of finely turned...
Estimate: £500 - £700
Starting Bid: £340
LOT 4
An Egyptian green glazed faience shabti, Late Period, 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C. holding a...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Starting Bid: £700
LOT 5
A restrung Egyptian bead necklace composed of ancient blue, cream and red faience tubular and...
Estimate: £80 - £120
Starting Bid: £30
LOT 6
Four Egyptian faience shabtis, Late Period after 600 B.C. the tallest uninscribed with...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Starting Bid: £550
LOT 7
Three Egyptian style objects, Not Ancient including a stone cartouche-shaped stele, the top...
Estimate: £80 - £120
Starting Bid: £50
LOT 8
A Coptic textile fragment with Pyrrhic dancers and hares, Circa 4th-6th Century A.D., max width...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Starting Bid: £700
LOT 9
A Coptic textile fragment with Pyrrhic dancers and lions, Circa 4th-6th Century A.D., max width...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Starting Bid: £550
LOT 10
An Egyptian dark brown serpentine kohl vessel, Middle Kingdom, circa 11th-12th Dynasty, circa...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Starting Bid: £200
LOT 11
An Egyptian banded alabaster vesselPredynastic Period, circa 3000 B.C.The conical body slightly...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Starting Bid: £420
LOT 12
A large Corinthian trefoil-lipped oinochoeLate 7th – early 6th Century B.C. with an animal...
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Starting Bid: £2,800
LOT 13
A Laconian black figure pottery kylix, attributed to the Allard Pierson painter, circa 530...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Starting Bid: £1,400
LOT 14
A Xenon Ware stemless kylix, Possibly Apulian, 4th century BC., with a swan surrounded by a...
Estimate: £100 - £200
Starting Bid: £40
LOT 15
A Greek terracotta figure of a womanSicily, circa 5th Century B.C. The hollow figure standing...
Estimate: £500 - £700
Starting Bid: £340
LOT 16
An Attic black-figure lip-cup, mid-6th Century B.C, decorated with a band of black around the...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Starting Bid: £420
LOT 17
An attic-black- lip-cup, circa 575-550 B.C., Signed on each side in the handle zone: XENOKLES...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Starting Bid: £600
LOT 18
An attic Little Master Class black-figured band-cup, circa 550-525 B.C., Each side with a...
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
Starting Bid: £3,000
LOT 19
An Attic black glazed plemochoecirca late 6th century B.C. With a high torus foot in reserve and...
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
Starting Bid: £1,000
LOT 20
An Attic black-figure 'Chimney' Lekythos, attributed to the Haimon Group, Early 5th century...
Estimate: £800 - £1,000
Starting Bid: £550
LOT 21
A Greek black glazed stemless kylix with upturned handles, circa 4th Century B.C., 21cm diam,...
Estimate: £100 - £150
Starting Bid: £40
LOT 22
A Neolithic petaloid celt, Taino culture, Americas, Circa 3rd Millenium B.C. the slender,...
Estimate: £200 - £250
Starting Bid: £100
LOT 23
A Neolithic polished granite stone disk, Western Sahara, circa 3rd Millennium B.C. Of rounded...
Estimate: £500 - £700
Starting Bid: £200
LOT 24
Three stone tools, 10.5cm max length; a fragmentary flint and a mottled greenstone axe with...
Estimate: £50 - £80
Starting Bid: £20
LOT 25
A Bactrian-style stone ritual object, Of waisted cylindrical form, the flat ends each bisected...
Estimate: £200 - £300
Starting Bid: £60
LOT 26
A large and miscellaneous collection of fragmentary anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures and...
Estimate: £200 - £300
Starting Bid: £80
LOT 27
A late Etruscan bronze figure of Herakles, circa 3rd-4th century B.C., depicted as a youth and...
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
Starting Bid: £7,000
LOT 28
A small Etruscan Bucchero Ware amphora, incised banding on the lower body, circa 7th Century...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Starting Bid: £700
LOT 29
Six terracotta relief fragmentsCirca 4th-1st Centuries B.C. and Later Including a fragmentary...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Starting Bid: £420
LOT 30
An Etruscan terracotta fragmentary hollow-backed head,circa 4th-3rd Century B.C., 13cm high,...
Estimate: £200 - £300
Starting Bid: £140
LOT 31
An Etruscan fragmentary terracotta votive female head, circa 4th-3rd Century B.C., 16cm high,...
Estimate: £250 - £350
Starting Bid: £160
LOT 32
A miscellaneous group of pottery and other fragments, including a small Mesopotamian buff...
Estimate: £500 - £700
Starting Bid: £340
LOT 33
Two bronze vessels, circa late 2nd – early 1st Millennium B.C. one a waisted bronze beaker with...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Starting Bid: £280
LOT 34
An Etruscan bronze figure of Herakles, circa 3rd century B.C., the right arm raised holding a...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Starting Bid: £700
LOT 35
A Hellenistic to Early Roman bronze attachment of a fallen warrior, circa 2nd-1st century B.C....
Estimate: £1,800 - £2,000
Starting Bid: £1,200
LOT 36
A small six drawer wood cabinet containing archaeological and geological items, cabinet 34cm x...
Estimate: £100 - £200
Starting Bid: £40
LOT 37
A late Etruscan bronze female votary, circa 3rd century B.C., Wearing an ankle-length himation...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Starting Bid: £550
LOT 38
A Roman bronze vessel handle circa 1st-3rd Century A.D with palmette shaped lower attachment...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Starting Bid: £200
LOT 39
An Achaemenid silver pin in the form of a crouching lion, 5th century B.C. Depicted with...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Starting Bid: £420
LOT 40
A miscellaneous group of pottery, bronze, stone and other objects, 1st Millennium B.C....
Estimate: £200 - £300
Starting Bid: £80
LOT 41
A Roman silver fibula with a lion, mounted with hares and birds,2nd-3rd Century A.D. The lion...
Estimate: £1,500 - £1,800
Starting Bid: £1,000
LOT 42
Two grey schist bowls,Swat valley Of deep form, with rounded rim, the first decorated with...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Starting Bid: £200
LOT 43
A Roman bronze roundel of Zeus AmmonCirca 2nd-3rd Century A.D. The god depicted in relief, with...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Starting Bid: £550
LOT 44
A Roman style bronze figure of Aphrodite, Depicted standing, 16cm high
Estimate: £40 - £60
Starting Bid: £10
LOT 45
A Roman bone fragment, circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. carved with a temple scene, depicting a...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Starting Bid: £420
LOT 46
A carved limestone figure of a woman holding a bird, Probably Roman, Cyprus, 2nd-4th century...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Starting Bid: £200
LOT 47
A Cypriot black-on-red ware pottery round-lipped ochinoe, Iron Age, 750-600 B.C., the tall,...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Starting Bid: £200
LOT 48
Three small Near Eastern pottery vessels, circa 2nd Millennium B.C. and later including a small...
Estimate: £200 - £300
Starting Bid: £80
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