Live Auction 22980Philip Hewat-Jaboor: An Eye for the Magnificent
AN IMPERIAL PORPHYRY DISC
Lot 4

AN IMPERIAL PORPHYRY DISC

PROBABLY 11TH-13TH CENTURY

Closed8 February 2024

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AN IMPERIAL PORPHYRY DISC
PROBABLY 11TH-13TH CENTURY
Mounted on a later stand
15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.) diameter

Private Collection of Jean-Claude Ciancimino (from the 1960's).
with Oliver Hoare, London where acquired by Philip Hewat-Jaboor.

Specialist note

As discussed in the Porphyry Introduction (on p. 16 of the catalogue) items such as this were re-worked in later centuries from larger existing antique porphyry objects and architectural columns.