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LOT 1181
Elamite Silver Pendant with Inlays Group
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 - 2 in. (19.01 grams total, 32-49 mm).
Comprising: two of triangular type with inlaid glass panels; one formed as a pair of stacked teardrop cells, each with a glass inlay. [3]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London.
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.
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LOT 1181
Elamite Silver Pendant with Inlays Group
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £135
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Opening Bid: £250
Restrung group of rectangular calcite beads with notched edges, spherical silver spacers, five hollow biconvex beads as the centrepiece. 37.9 grams, 56.5 cm
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
18th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £56
Including triangular, leaf-shaped, barbed, paddle-shaped arrowheads with a flat, comparatively wide mid-rib, and others. 205 grams total, 37-93 mm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. 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.
Fourteen arrowheads of this group were typical of the Old Babylonian Empire. The shoulders were pronounced and the arrowhead had a rectangular-section tapering tang. This simple form was popular throughout and show comparative common finds in the Holy Land.
