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LOT 1443
Babylonian Faience Frog Amulet
750-332 B.C.
5/8 in. (3.28 grams, 18 mm).
Modelled in the round on a rectangular plaque with incuse image to underside: figure in ankle-length robe plucking a fruit from a tree.
ProvenanceOld private French collection.
Anonymous Sale, Beaussant Lefevre, Paris, 2015.
Private European collection, acquired in 2015.
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LOT 1443
Babylonian Faience Frog Amulet
Estimate £450 - 650€520 - 750 (for guidance only)$610 - 880 (for guidance only)
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Circa 3000 B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
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2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With pinched facial features, holding a bowl in the right hand. 16 grams, 30 mm
Fine condition.
Property of a Dutch gentleman; formerly in an old collection formed in the 1970s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Qaznavid Decorated Bronze Bowl
12th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
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