PPN10)
BAKTRIAN
(LURISTAN), c. 2000-1000 BC, bronze pin lot, 70-113mm long,
various head types, from Darel, NWFP, 6 pcs, 1 missing business end,
1 bent shaft, 2 have corroded shafts, 2 are exceptionally choice,
$53.00 sold 2/13/2008
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s3)
PRE-GREEK?,
before
350 BC, bronze kohl applicator (salai), 89mm long, pomegranite
shaped (or maybe its a poppy seed head?) head, tip broken off,
F $29.50 sold
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s2)
GREEK
- GANDHARA, c. 300 BC - 400 AD, bronze kohl applicator (salai),
seminude draped standing male figure, 32mm tall, pin missing, F $48.00
sold
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s4)
GREEK
- GANDHARA, c. 300 BC - 400 AD, bronze kohl applicator (salai),
draped standing female figure, 31mm tall, only 9mm of pin remains, F
$55.00 sold
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PMX16.
GREEK-SCYTHIAN?,
c.
300-50 BC, bronze miniature sword, 58mm long, possibly a
salai
(kohl pick), unknown location in NWF, aVF $70.00
sold
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s5) GREEK - ISLAMIC, c. 300 BC - 1700 AD, bronze kohl applicators (salai). Actually I think these are probably ancient, possibly pre-Greek, but my basis for so thinking is mostly the type of patina/corrosion. The simplicity of the design doesn't give much to go on.
a) 76mm long, head is a round knob with a flaring base,
complete,
F $33.00 sold
b) 83mm long, head is a round knob with a double flared
base, some linear incised decoration, complete, bit of corrosion at
tip, F $33.00 sold
c) 97mm long, head is a round knob with a double flared
base, some linear incised decoration, complete, bit of corrosion at
tip, F $33.00 sold
d) 116mm long, head is a square knob with a quadruple
spindle base, complete, pin slightly bent, corrosion at tip, F $33.00
sold
e) 118mm long, head is a flower bud with a double flared
base, some incised decoration, complete, some corrosion on pin, F $33.00
sold
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s7)
HEPHTHALITE-SHAHI?,
c.
400-1000 AD?, bronze kohl applicator (salai), 29x24mm head is like
a trident, central tine elongated with a round knob on the end. This
would appear to be a strongly Hindu motif.
a) 70mm overall, tip of pin
broken, F $21.00
b) head only, tip of a lateral
tine is missing, F $5.00
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s8)
GANDHARA-ISLAMIC?,
c.
200-1400 AD?, bronze kohl applicator (salai), 27x17mm, head only
in shape of a hand. The open hand has significance in Hindu, Buddhist,
& Islamic iconography. This is pretty crude in terms of modelling,
and the patina makes me think BC. Very mysterious. F $30.00
sold
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s9)
GANDHARA-ISLAMIC?,
c.
200-1400 AD?, bronze kohl applicator (salai),
a) 128mm, head is a "hand" with 4 stubby "fingers," tip
is bulbous. Beard comb? Back scratcher? My gut feeling
is that this is mid-late medieval, complete, VF $42.00
b) 87mm, bulbous tips on both ends, I think possibly
late medieval, nice patina, complete, "F" $21.00
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Some bronze kohl applicators (salai) with bird figure head. Birds seem to be the most common motif for this and similar objects. I have no trustworthy references for them. When I asked my supplier I got no useful information. I had thought for a while that they were early Islamic, as much from the frequency of occurrence as anything else, but that was just an educated guess. Now I have 2 bird topped jar lids (see below) that actually seem to have some features that remind me of ancient Indus and Baluchi culture. I have since seen small metal bird things definitively attributed to Indus, and I have seen others with Arabic writing on them, so it is clear that the same motif was used in the region over a period of 2 millennia.
s10)
All of these have flattened bodies,
a) 24x26mm bird with rooster comb & leaf-shaped wings,
68mm overall, pin broken, rough green patina, VG $12.00
sold
b) 19x27mm bird with rooster comb & leaf-shaped wings,
oversized eyes, tiny piercing through beak, 63mm overall, pin broken,
smooth black patina, VF $21.00
sold
c) 23x25mm bird with rooster comb & leaf-shaped wings,
oversized eyes, 42mm overall, pin broken, smooth black patina, VF $19.00
sold
d) 22x32mm bird with rooster comb & leaf-shaped wings,
32mm overall, pin broken, rough green patina, VG $9.00
sold
e) 20x29mm bird with rooster comb & leaf-shaped wings,
oversized eyes, 34mm overall, pin broken, smooth green patina, aF $10.00
sold
f) 22x27mm bird with rooster comb, wings represented
by 3 parallel dotted lines, head only, VF $13.00
sold
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s11)
g) 21x27mm bird with rooster comb, body a bit wider than those above, 33mm
overall, pin broken, rough, G $6.00
sold
h) 24x28mm bird with rudimentary comb & leaf shaped
wings, oversized eyes, well modelled body, 38mm overall, pin broken,
moderately smooth black & green patina, aF $12.00
sold
i) 22x28mm bird with rudimentary comb & leaf-shaped
wings, fully modelled body, oversized eyes, tiny piercing through beak,
head
only, a bit rough, aVF $12.00
sold
j) 25x29mm bird with rudimentary comb & leaf-shaped
wings, fully modelled body, oversized eyes, head only, smooth black
patina, VF $18.00
sold
k) 21x29mm bird with rudimentary comb & leaf-shaped
wings, fully modelled body, tiny piercing through beak, 50mm overall, pin
broken, smooth green patina, aF $14.00
sold
l) 18x22mm flying duck with backswept leaf shaped wings,
head
only, smooth black patina, VF $23.00 sold
m) 21x23mm bird with diamond shaped tail, no features
at all, on conical base, surmounting iron pin, 48mm overall,
pin
broken, half rough black patina, $30.00
sold
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The next groups form a category based on decoration - simple linear incisions, and patina - mostly smooth and black. I tend towards Islamic as an attribution, possibly 1000-1600 AD.
s12)
n) 109mm long, square profile handle with herringbone
decoration topped by a knob, complete, black patina, VF $33.00
sold 9/6/2015
o) 128mm long, square profile handle with a "stacked
brick" pattern & a few dotted sections, conical top, complete, somewhat
rough black patina, aVF $33.00 sold 9/6/2015
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s13)
p) 113mm long, square handle with herringbone decoration,
hole at end, complete, about half smooth black patina, VF $27.00
sold
q) 110mm long, square profile handle with a "stacked
brick" pattern & a few dotted sections, hole at top, complete, mostly
rough black patina, F $24.00 sold
r) 114mm long, square profile handle with a "stacked
brick" pattern & a few dotted sections, hole at top, complete, slightly
bent, rough black patina, VG $20.00 sold
s) 116mm long, square profile handle with a "stacked
brick" pattern & a few diamond decorated sections, hole at top,
complete,
slightly bent, about half smooth black patina, VF $27.00
sold
t) 114mm long, round profile handle with a "stacked balls
& rings" pattern, hole at top, complete, slightly bent, mostly half
smooth black patina, VF $30.00 sold
u) 52mm long, round profile "ball on stacked cups" handle,
hole at top, unusual curved pin, complete, fine smooth black patina,
VF $30.00 sold
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s14)
These are double ended, square profile handle in middle. Hygienic
concept - one side for each eye.
v) 108mm long, undecorated handle, ancient? Complete,
rough green patina, F $21.00 sold
w) 103mm long, handle has incised decoration, medieval?
Complete,
smooth black patina, VF $21.00 sold
x) 85mm long, double ended, square profile central handle
with incised & gouged decoration, c. WWI? Looks like made of
shell case metal, one pin broken, VF $3.00
sold
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