LOT 4180
Islamic Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 2 Uqiya. Circa 7th-12th century.
Fourteen-sided cubic weight, the sides decorated with crosses with pellets in angles within circular incuse; the square faces with additional five pellets. Condtion as seen.(62gr, 24mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Roman(?) Bronze Weight. Circa 1st century BC-2nd century AD.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Stag standing to right between two crossed branches / Blank. 60.59gr, 37mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Islamic Square Bronze Weight of 12(?) Dirham. Circa 7th-13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Square weight decorated with motifs of annulets-in-circles / Blank. 41.31gr, 34mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 2 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Bronze weight in the shape of a bull's head; groove on base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.165, 155. 15.42gr, 23 x 19mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s.
