LOT 4179
Islamic Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 50 Dirham. Circa 12th-15th century AD.
Fourteen-sided cubic weight, the sides decorated with pointillé border to each face; the square faces with cruciform pointillé infill. Cf. CPAI 1, 359. Condition as seen.1 1/2 in. (169gr, 38mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in 1994.
Private collection, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 4179
Islamic Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 50 Dirham.
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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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. -
Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 100 Dirham. Circa 17th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Fourteen-sided cubic weight with six large square facets, and eight triangle facets. Cf. Pondera Online 11385. 304gr, 34mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1/3 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Bronze weight in the shape of a bird or duck. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.168, 173 (1/2 qedet). 2.85gr, 19mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s.
