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LOT 1168
Central Asian Silver-Gilt Decorated Buckle
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
33 1/2 in. (39 grams, 85 cm long).
Silver hook-and-eye fastener with applied filigree and granulation, mounted on a modern leather belt; probably from Uzbekistan. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Silk Road Exhibition, Piccadilly, London, 2003.
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Islamic Amuletic Silver Pendant
12th-13th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £28
Hexagonal in section with conical ends, three suspension rings on posts, incised and pointillé detailing. 9.77 grams, 56 mm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971. -
Western Asiatic Animal Collection
3rd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Group of four carved stone animals comprising: two limestone reclining lions; a green glass lion with head turned, loop to the reverse, socket for attachment of a separate face panel; boar crouching with legs folded beneath the body. 23 grams total, 21-30 mm
Acquired in Europe in 2002. European private collection. -
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Squashed in Hand
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Originally pillow-shaped in form with cuneiform text, deformed by squeezing while still wet. 80 grams, 67 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
