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LOT 0283
Large Bactrian Alabaster Bowl with Bronze-Encrusted Base
3500-3100 B.C.
11 3/4 in. (2.21 kg, 30 cm wide).
Broad shallow bowl with integral basal ring, carination below the rim, encrusted bronze circle to the underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Kent, UK.
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LOT 0283
Large Bactrian Alabaster Bowl with Bronze-Encrusted Base
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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Heavy Luristan Bronze Dish
13th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Comprising a shallow body with sharply sloping walls and wide, everted rim. 712 grams, 19.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
An Exceptional Western Asiatic Banded Agate Bead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,350
Discoid in plan and pierced transversely with later D-shaped gold caps to each end; mounted on a custom-made stand. 88 grams total, 84 mm wide including stand
Private collection, acquired on the UK art market, 2000. Private collection, Switzerland. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12877-241681. -
Luristan Bronze Dagger Blade
800-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
With a triangular blade fitted with three fullers, with a handle cast onto the blade, showing three fastening holes. 72 grams, 20 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
These weapons belong to the Early Median and Achaemenid Period. The blades were often inserted inside an openwork scabbard, cast with the lost wax process, while the handle was instead cast onto the blade.
