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Achaemenid Bronze Flower Finial Collection
6th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Including two small buds with ferrous spikes and two larger blooms with square-section mounting pins. 687 grams total, 62-175 mm
Acquired on the European art market, 1990s. English private collection. -
Near Eastern Terracotta Vessel of an Ox
10th-9th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Hollow-formed model bull with funnel between the shoulders, applied ropework halter to the neck (part absent), traces of pigment. 522 grams, 16.5 cm long
Shlomo Moussaieff collection, Herzliya Pituah, Israel. European private collection. -
Western Asiatic Bone Cylinder Seal with Chevrons
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Slender cylinder seal with concentric chevrons with pellets in two registers; accompanied by a museum quality impression. 2.12 grams, 29 mm
Acquired in the 1980s-2000s. From an important London, UK, collection. -
Mesopotamian Bronze Duck Weight
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Carved in the round with flared tail and had reversed, two T-shaped toggles to the underside. 41.9 grams, 31 mm
Acquired over 40 years ago. Private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Bracelet
10th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Penannular in form with large polyhedral terminals. 224 grams, 85 mm
Acquired before 1978. Private collection, UK. -
Sasanian Carnelian Stamp Seal with Bust
Circa 5th-7th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £195
Plano-convex in profile with intaglio profile bust, the body with linear decoration. 6.03 grams, 22 mm
From a collection of a Devonshire, UK, gentleman established from the mid 1990s. -
Mesopotamian Compartmented Stone Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Squat and broad with hatched band below the everted rim, segmented internally. 256 grams, 86 mm wide
Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 2000s. -
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Mainly triangular-headed barbed and tanged type with thick midrib. 157 grams total, 12.7-18.5 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Syro-Hittite Steatite Container with Engraved Pairs of Animals
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Rectangular tray with segmented upper face, each sidewall with incuse scene of two opposed animals (horses, goats), one with a human figure interposed. 820 grams, 10.9 cm
Private collection. Acquired in 2001. Private collection, Europe. -
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
12th-10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Including triangular, barbed-and-tanged, leaf-shaped, and other types. 266 grams total, 49-108 mm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Some of these arrowheads seem to belong to the type V, subcategory types A, C and D according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C with barbed shoulders and D with round shoulders. Subtype A is substantially similar to C, but smaller. -
Western Asiatic Stone and Faience Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Comprising: a faience cylinder seal with a standing figure and two opposing stags; a black stone cylinder seal with a standing figure; a hematite cylinder seal with worshipping scene; a black stone cylinder seal with contest(?) scene; a green stone cylinder seal with an ibex and two bird figures; a large fragment of a grey stone cylinder seal. 55 grams total, 19-41 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mesopotamian Marble Chalice
Late 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
With flared foot and sturdy shank, bowl with carinated profile and everted rim. 6.47 kg, 35.2 cm
Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 2000s.