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LOT 0252
Graeco-Parthian Grey Chalcedony Stamp Seal with Horse
2ND CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (4.36 grams, 19 mm).
Pierced longitudinally for suspension. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired between 1980-1983.
From the 'Empire' collection, an important UK private collection of seals.
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Paper Qu'ran Page
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With thirteen lines of Naskh script text to each side, red interlinear diacritics, rosettes, and a header bar; reinforced at one edge. 5.94 grams, 21 x 34.5 cm
Ex Cummings collection, UK, 1990s. -
Elamite Silver Flower Pendant Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £215
A restrung necklace of fusiform and oval carnelian beads with centrepiece of waisted gold tubular bead; two silver inlaid pendants each a quatrefoil with discs in the spandrels, inset glass and haematite panels. 54 grams, 43 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired 1990s. With a London gallery. Property of a London collector; from her family's private collection. -
Syro-Hittite Bronze Figure
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Modelled in the round, standing figure with pinched facial features, transverse collar, applied pellet eyes and breasts, arms bent forward, legs closed together; the right hand holds a cup or bowl. 13.7 grams, 73 mm
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
