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LOT 0893
Elamite Silver-Gilt Bird Pendant Pair
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (5.79 grams total, 31 mm each).
Each composed of sheet-gold over a bituminous core, displaying two stylised addorsed birds in relief, suspension loops below feet. [2]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
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LOT 0893
Elamite Silver-Gilt Bird Pendant Pair
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Mesopotamian Chalcedony Cylinder Seal with Figures and Gold Pendant Mount
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
The seal displaying a frieze of drilled human figures possibly bearing cultic accoutrements, together with a bee-like insect; mounted on a later gold hoop. 11.78 grams, 33 mm
From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980. -
Western Asiatic Gemstone Necklace Pendant Collection
Circa 1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Each polished and drilled for suspension, including quartz, tourmaline and carnelian. 44 grams total, 21-35 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Gandharan Gold Clad Figural Buddha Bead Group
Circa 1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
The majority displaying standing figures in repoussé to both faces of a lozenge-shaped body; five formed as naked male figures with hands clasped in front of the waist; a single bead formed as a full-bodied figure wearing a headdress, one hand held over the pubic region, which is pierced; sheet-gold over bituminous cores; from a ritual headdress; most complete. 78.32 grams total, 34-43 mm
Acquired 1970s onwards. Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK. Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
Although the Buddha himself never visited Gandhara, with the passage of time the area became a veritable holy land for his followers. Mahayanism – a liberal and progressive school of Buddhism – flourished in Gandhara and laid emphasis among other things, on the transformation of the Buddha into a great mythological, almost eternal, god, and on the deification of future Buddhas as holding providences. In the visual arts, Buddha was permitted for the first time to be represented in human form.
