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LOT 0211
Achaemenid Silver Alabastron with Duck Handles
CIRCA 500 B.C.
5 1/4 in. (95 grams, 13.2 cm).
With a bag-shaped tubular body and a rounded base; applied loop handles to the shoulders, each formed as a duck's head.
ProvenanceLondon art market, 1980s-2000s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 0211
Achaemenid Silver Alabastron with Duck Handles
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Canaanite Bronze Male Warrior God Statuette
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
Modelled in the round with holes to the ears to accept separate rings (absent) and right hand open to accept a weapon. 27 grams, 68 mm
Acquired in Paris and London, 1970s. From a collection of Canaanite gods in bronze, from the collection of a London, UK, gentleman. 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. -
Western Asiatic Agate and Gold Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £425
Restrung group of oval and other agate beads with interstitial spherical gold beads with granule clusters. 96.6 grams, 52.5 cm
From the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards. -
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Sasanian Banded Agate Stamp Seal
3rd-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising a domed body carved from banded agate and having a natural crystal-lined cavity to one side, drilled through the base, underside with engraved linear motif, possibly an altar. 14.3 grams, 23 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
