Roseberys’ Antiquities, Islamic and Indian Arts sale brings to the market an outstanding array of works from private collections. The Antiquities section is the largest to date with over 150 lots from private collections including Attic pottery and Etruscan bronzes from the collection of Michael Barrington, and Egyptian and Roman works from the Estate of former chairman of Masterpiece London, art connoisseur and collector Philip Hewat-Jaboor. 

Pictured: Philip Hewat-Jaboor in his library with antiquities from Roseberys' sale

CREDIT: Danny Evans for Lux, 2019

Philip Hewat-Jaboor lived on the island of Jersey, surrounded by art and objects with exceptional provenance. Rosebery’s Antiquities, Islamic and Indian Art sale on October 25th will feature a selection of the Egyptian fragments and Roman marbles which adorned many of the spaces around the house. The library of Hewat-Jaboor’s home housed a notable group of marble objects and antiquities featured in the sale, including the Egyptian granodiorite fragment of a life size royal statue of Ramesses III, circa 1183-1151 B.C., an Egyptian banded alabaster jar, circa 664-332 B.C. and a Roman white marble table support in the form of a lion, circa 1st century A.D.

Lot 77: An Egyptian banded alabaster jar, circa 664-332 B.C.

Michael Barrington built up a carefully considered collection of antiquities acquired from reputed dealers and from auctions at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonhams. His Greek red and black figure pottery works comprise pieces by esteemed artists such as the Achilles painter, the Allard Pierson painter and the Heron painter. His acquisition of an array of fine Etruscan bronzes and Corinthian pottery with wonderful mythological scenes rounds out a group of works distinguished by their quality and collective mastery.

Pictured: Antiquities from the collections of Michael Barrington and Philip Hewat-Jaboor 

The Islamic section of the sale features calligraphies, manuscripts and Qur’ans, including a Mughal Qur’an dated 1080AH/ 1670, and a Khamsa of Nizami dated AH1028/1619AD . Roseberys will also present a rich collection of susanis, Iznik and Iznik revival wares, and further calligraphies from the collection of Qajar official 'Abd al-Wahhab Khan, Nizam ul-Mulk.  

Pictured: Iznik and Iznik Revival plates 

The modern and contemporary section is the department’s largest to date, featuring two portraits by F.N. Souza and watercolours by Krishna Khanna, Somnath Hore, Nandalal Bose and works by Egyptian, Tunisian, Algerian, Jordanian, Iranian, Emirati, Iraqi and Lebanese artists such as Munira Al-Kazi, Mohammed Bozorgi and Hassan Massoudy. Two works by Indian metaphysical and abstract painter Kolozhi Cheerambathur Sankara Paniker will also go under the hammer.

Pictured: Works by K.C.S Paniker (lot 377 & 378)