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LOT 1116
Achaemenid Bronze Bowl
CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
6 1/2 in. (338 grams, 16.5 cm).
With high tinning to the inner face giving a lustrous silvery finish, a tribute to the techniques of the Persian craftsmen; decorated with lightly incised concentric circles inside centre, thickened rim.
ProvenanceFrom an old Oxford collection, formed in the 1980s. Ex Chris Martin, UK.
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Western Asiatic Gemstone Necklace Pendant Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising polished stones of various shapes, pierced for suspension; the stones are: quartz, pale amethysts, banded hardstone and blue chalcedony. 12.8 grams total, 10-18 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Elamite Recumbent Bull Pendant
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £180
Carved in the round with D-shaped body, head reversed with open mouth and domed eye, pierced at the chest. 38 grams, 50 mm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
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Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal and Amulet Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising: a pillow-shaped carnelian amulet pierced through the notched upper edge, hatched panels to both faces; a triangular-section stamp seal displaying ring-and-dot motifs and a possible animal figure; a plano-convex stamp seal bearing a geometric motif; a square-shaped lapis lazuli amulet engraved with a horned quadruped standing right. 19.4 grams total, 12-24 mm
Collected since the 1970s. Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
