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LOT 1175
Achaemenid Bronze Lotus Phiale Mesomphalos
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
6 in. (230 grams, 15 cm).
A broad carinated bowl with radiating repoussé lotus-leaf panels, central domed roundel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Gergova, D., Orphic Thrace and Achaemenid Persia in Nieling, J., and Rehm, E., Achaemenid Impact in the Black Sea, communications of powers, Aarhus, 2010, pp.67-86, figs.4c, 6, 7, 8, 10.
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Western Asiatic Stone Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising several hundred mixed small beads, mostly round or tubular forms, in red carnelian and other materials; all pierced for stringing. 108 grams total, 4-19 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Gold Disc Ornament Collection
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
Mixed group of domed appliqués in a display frame. 3.21 grams total, 2-11 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal with Human Figure
23rd-19th century B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Openwork discoid seal with anthropomorphic motif; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze. 57x59x17 mm. This is round, with flat compartmented and open-work face. The back has a stout suspension loop. The design on the face is of a standing creature -- human with bird's head -- and filling shapes. This comes from West Central Asia and dates to c. 2300-1900 B.C. It is a rare design and the seal is in fair condition: some of the edge of the plain outer band is lost.' 53 grams, 58 mm
Ex Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s; collection number Y-905, academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s.
