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LOT 1355
Babylonian Fragmental Weight with Inscription
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 in. (6.8 grams, 13 mm).
Plano-convex in section with incised cuneiform inscription to the flat face. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Including oblate, barrel-shaped and other types. 4.99 grams total, 2-9 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. 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 Terracotta Jar
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
With trumpet-shaped base, thick stem, carinated bowl an everted rim; ribbed band to the equator. 1.06 kg, 16.8 cm
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman, 1990s. 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 Turquoise Inlaid Gold Stud
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Discoid stud with low sidewall, two loops to underside, three cabochons to the upper face with interstitial cloisons. 1.38 grams, 12 mm
From the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards.
