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LOT 1274
Achaemenid Silver Animal-Headed Handle
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/2 in. (56.5 grams, 90 mm).
With round-section shank slightly bowed at the middle, at each end a horse-head finial with low-relief detailing, pricked ears, integral attachment plate.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gallery, 1971.
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LOT 1274
Achaemenid Silver Animal-Headed Handle
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Bronze Artefact Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Including a dress pin with ram-head finial, an axe-head and other items. 43.9 grams total, 32-65 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Mesopotamian Calcite Jar
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Carved squat-bodied with a broad, rounded shoulder and narrow flat base, short neck and everted rim, four pierced lugs to the shoulders incorporated into a circumferential band of engraved cross-hatching. 746 grams, 11.8 cm
From a British collection, acquired in 1993. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11835-206783. -
Large Holy Land Pottery Cup
Bronze Age, 16th-14th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Ovoid in profile with thick rim and rounded underside. 513 grams, 11.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.