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LOT 1374

Bactrian Stone Weight

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER

8 1/2 in. (10.6 kg, 21.5 cm).

Conical in profile with flat base and U-shaped channel through the apex.

Provenance

Ex Mayfair gallery, London, UK, 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.

Literature

See Vidale, M., Treasures from the Oxus: The Art and Civilisation of Central Asia, London, 2017, pp.44-51, figs.41-45, for a variety of such weights in different shapes and materials.

CONDITION

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LOT 1374

Bactrian Stone Weight

Sold for (Inc. bp): £325

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