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Antiquities, Islamic, and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art: Featuring Selections from the Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi Collection

Antiquities, Islamic, and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art: Featuring Selections from the Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi Collection

Antiquities, Islamic, and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art: Featuring Selections from the Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi Collection
Lot 51:LAPIS LAZULI STONE, PORTRAIT OF PROBABLY PHRAATES THE FOURTH OF PARTHIA

Estimated price:

£200 - £400
Lot 52:A SASANIAN AGATE STAMP BEARING A PERSON NAME IN PAHLAVI AND A BUST OF A DIGNITARY

Estimated price:

£600 - £800
Lot 53:A ROMAN AGATE STAMP SEAL, CIRCA 3RD - 4TH CENTURY A.D.

Estimated price:

£300 - £400
Lot 54:A NEO BABYLONIAN AGATE STAMP SEAL, CIRCA 700 - 600 B.C.

Estimated price:

£1,000 - £2,000
Lot 55:SERPENTINE DOUBLE REGISTERED CYLINDRICAL SEAL, BABYLONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM

Estimated price:

£600 - £800
Lot 56:HEMATITE STAMP SEAL DEPICTING A BIRD HUNTING AN ANIMAL, NEO BABYLONIAN PERIOD 

Estimated price:

£300 - £400
Lot 57:A ROMAN MALE BUST IN AGATE STONE, PROBABLY 2ND OR 3RD CENTURY A.D.

Estimated price:

£1,000 - £2,000
Lot 58:A GROUP OF BYZANTINE GLASS TEMPLE PENDANT, 400 - 600 A.D.

Estimated price:

£200 - £400
Lot 59:A JEWISH GLASS PENDANT DEPICTING MENORAH, 1ST - 2ND CENTURY

Estimated price:

£100 - £200
Lot 60:A BLUE ROMAN/BYZANTINE GLASS PENDANT, 400 - 600 A.D.

Estimated price:

£100 - £200
Lot 61:A DOUBLE SIDED EGYPTIAN AMULATIC COPPER PLAUGE DEPICTING MAAT, CIRCA 1500 - 1400 B.C.

Sold for:

£200
Lot 62:A CARVED STEATITE STONE DEPICTING AN EAGLE, ROMAN-EGYPT, 1ST - 2ND CENTURY A.D.

Estimated price:

£400 - £600
Lot 63:A CARNELIAN AGATE FISH BEADS, PARTHIAN PERIOD, 1ST - 2ND CENTURY A.D.

Estimated price:

£800 - £1,000
Lot 64:A ROMAN AGATE FISH AMULET, ROMAN PERIOD

Estimated price:

£200 - £400
Lot 65:A COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN AGATE SCARAB, LATE PERIOD, 664 - 323 B.C.

Estimated price:

£600 - £800
Lot 66:SCARABOID AGATE BEAD WITH BIRD ENGRAVING, EGYPT, CIRCA 600 B.C.

Estimated price:

£200 - £400
Lot 67:EGYPTIAN HARD STONE SCARAB, 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER

Estimated price:

£100 - £200
Lot 68:EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SCARAB, MIDDLE KINGDOM OR EARLIER

Estimated price:

£100 - £200
Lot 69:EGYPTIAN HARD STONE SCARAB, 1ST MILLENNIUM OR EARLIER

Estimated price:

£100 - £200
Lot 70:EGYPTIAN STEATITE STONE SCARAB, CIRCA 800 B.C.

Estimated price:

£200 - £400
Lot 71:HARD STONE SCARAB WITH SCORPION ENGRAVING, PROBABLY PTOLEMAIC PERIOD

Estimated price:

£100 - £200
Lot 72:GREEN JASPER SCARAB WITH HOLOGRAPHIC ENGRAVING, EGYPTIAN PERIOD

Estimated price:

£200 - £300
Lot 73:EGYPTIAN CHALCEDONY AGATE SCARAB WITH EYE OF HORUS ENGRAVING, CIRCA 26TH DYNASTY

Sold for:

£240
Lot 74:SEATED DUCK AGATE AMULET, HELLENISTIC PERIOD

Estimated price:

£600 - £800
Lot 75:A NEO-BABYLONIAN JASPER STONE DUCK WEIGHT

Estimated price:

£200 - £400
Lot 76:A SILVER SEATED BULL ATTACHMENT, GREEK OR ROMAN PERIOD, 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.

Estimated price:

£400 - £600
Lot 77:CHALCEDONY AGATE SCARAB IN THE FORM OF BIRD, PTOLEMAIC PERIOD EGYPT

Estimated price:

£200 - £400
Lot 78:A ROMAN AMULET IN THE FORM OF A HEAN, CIRCA 2ND - 3RD CENTURY

Estimated price:

£100 - £200
Lot 79:A HARD STONE ROMAN AMULET, 2ND - 3RD CENTURY A.D.

Sold for:

£140
Lot 80:A BRONZE ROMAN MINIATURE RABBIT FIGURINE

Sold for:

£160
Lot 81:A GROUP OF MOSAIC GLASS BEADS, ROMAN PERIOD, 1ST CENTURY B.C. - 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Estimated price:

£400 - £600
Lot 82:GREEN COLOUR GLASS COAL VESSEL WITH IMAGES OF A CHRISTIAN DEITY AND THE LID OF THE COLA BEARS SYMBOL OF CHRISTIANITY CROSS

Estimated price:

£800 - £1,200
Lot 83:A GREEN ROMAN GLASS EWER, 3RD - 4TH CENTURY A.D.

Estimated price:

£300 - £400
Lot 84:CLEAR ROMAN CUT GLASS BOTTLE, CIRCA 3RD - 4TH CENTURY A.D.

Sold for:

£1,200
Lot 85:ENAMELED GLASS BOTTLE, 2ND - 3RD CENTURY AD LATE ROMAN PERIOD

Estimated price:

£400 - £600
Lot 86:A CUT GLASS BOTTLE, POST SASANIAN PERIOD

Estimated price:

£400 - £600
Lot 87:ROMAN GLASS PYXIS WITH LID, 2ND - 3RD CENTURY A.D.

Sold for:

£1,100
Lot 88:MIXED GROUP OF ANCIENT ARROWHEADS, 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

Estimated price:

£200 - £400
Lot 89:A BRONZE COWRY CONTAINER WITH BULL ON TOP, CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

Sold for:

£1,400
Lot 90:A BRONZE ROMAN FIGURE HOLDING LYRE WITH AN EAGLE BY HIS FEET, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

Estimated price:

£600 - £800
Lot 91:TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A TRADER, ROMAN OR PARTHIAN PERIOD

Estimated price:

£800 - £1,000
Lot 92:TERRACOTTA VOTIVE FIGURE, THE INDUS CIVILIZATION, 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

Estimated price:

£300 - £400
Lot 93:2ND MILLENNIUM B.C TERRACOTTA VOTIVE FIGURE, THE INDUS CIVILIZATION

Estimated price:

£300 - £400
Lot 94:INDIAN TERRACOTTA BUST IN THE STYLE OF 4TH - 5TH CENTURY A.D.

Estimated price:

£400 - £600
Lot 95:TERRACOTTA BUST IN THE STYLE OF 4TH - 5TH CENTURY A.D. , INDIAN

Estimated price:

£400 - £600
Lot 96:AN RARE 'EASTERN' KUFIC QUR'AN SECTIONS, NEAR EAST, 12TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£13,000
Lot 97:CELESTIAL MOVEMENTS: BOOK OF ASTRONOMICAL MOVEMENTS AND DEGREES OF CELESTIAL MOTION WRITTEN IN ARABIC, SAFAVID, 17TH CENTURY

Estimated price:

£600 - £800
Lot 98:ANCIENT ASTRONOMY MANUSCRIPT OF FIXED STARS, KITAB SUWAR AL-KAWAKIB AL-THABITA (BOOK OF THE IMAGES OF THE FIXED STARS) OF AL-SUFI

Estimated price:

£600 - £800
Lot 99:ANTIQUE ARABIC HANDWRITTEN CHRISTIAN BOOK OF WISDOM BY AMBA PAULES

Sold for:

£1,800
Lot 100:PORTRAIT OF A PRINCESS ATTRIBUTED MUGHAL MASTER MANOHAR, INDIA, DECCAN, BIJAPUR OR GOLCONDA, CIRCA 1700

Estimated price:

£4,000 - £6,000