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LOT 0310
Achaemenid-Phoenician Silver Framed Banded Agate Scaraboid
500-300 B.C.
1 3/4 in. (16.4 grams, 34 mm).
Biconvex in profile with incised winged-scarab motif to upper face; pierced longitudinally for stringing; later silver mount with granule clusters.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late London gentleman; by descent 1970 onwards.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12425-225392.
Cf. Moscati, S., I Fenici, p.377, for similar; a finger ring in the British Museum under accession no. 1872,0604.25 features a similar but more ornate scarab in a plainer setting.
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LOT 0310
Achaemenid-Phoenician Silver Framed Banded Agate Scaraboid
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,990
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Phoenician Bronze Figure of Astarte
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £61
With hands raised, wearing a floral headdress and standing on a discoid base. 13.8 grams, 54 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anatolian Alabaster Eye Idol Weight Susiane
2800-2500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
With a rounded body and two looped eyes. 26.4 grams, 39 mm
Acquired in Switzerland, 2002. Private collection, Europe. -
Luristan Bronze Dagger Blade
Circa 1000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With lentoid section blade tapering to a point; the hilt hollowed both sides to accept an organic handle. 70 grams, 27.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
The dirk belongs to type I of the Medveskaya classification. This type of weapon is very common among daggers and dirks attributed to Luristan. According to Moorey, the typology was used in Western Iran at least from 13th century B.C. and remained in use at least until the late 9th century B.C.
