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LOT 0292
Assyrian Gold Earrings with Bosses
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (17.48 grams total, 26-27 mm).
Each a hoop extending between two conical wound-wire bosses above a cluster of granules, carinated shank below with third cluster beneath; one loop replaced. [2]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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Paper Qu'ran Page
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With thirteen lines of Naskh script text to each side, red interlinear diacritics, rosettes, and a header bar; reinforced at one edge. 5.94 grams, 21 x 34.5 cm
Ex Cummings collection, UK, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Figure of an Antelope
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Modelled in the round with head erect and horns swept back,tail curled to the rump; attachment pegs below the hooves. 64 grams, 67 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. -
Large Bactrian Terracotta Chalice
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Pedestal shape with carination to the base, collar to the slender shank, flared upper with chamfered rim, painted geometric ornament; chipped. 4.25 grams, 34.5 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
