* AN INCISED BRONZE FIGURE OF A PARTRIDGE PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION    Khorasan, Iran, 12th - 13th century  Bird-shaped, standing on webbed feet, with realistically incised lateral wings and head feathers, decorated with a central round medallion on the breast and a movable articulated beak, 13.5cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's London, 20 October 1994, lot 61 and in a private UK collection since. For a similar but slightly larger bird vessel, please see the Freer Gallery collection catalogue (Atil, Islamic Metalwork in the Freer Gallery of Art, p.88, no. 11, 1985). * Please note that this lot is subject to import VAT at a preferential rate of 5% on the Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on the Buyer's Premium.