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LOT 1253
Large Western Asiatic Decorated Bronze Bracelet
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 5/8 in. (69.7 grams, 67 mm).
Broad flat hoop with horizontal bands of hatching, pellets and rosettes; slightly flared ends with tendril and rosette motifs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Neo-Babylonian Bronze Duck Weight
Circa 7th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Modelled in the round with the head resting along the spine. 10.7 grams, 20 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London, UK. From a collection from North London, UK, 1990s. -
Bactrian Tubular Carnelian Bead
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Exceptional slender tubular bead with tapering shape towards either end, carinated around the centre 8.6 grams, 93 mm
with Nefer Gallery, 1993. From a European collection formed before 2000. Property of a London gentleman. -
Proto-Sumerian Pictographic Tablet for Amounts of Barley
Uruk III, circa 3200-3000 B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Rectangular tablet, lentoid in section, with surface divided into three panels, each with a proto-Sumerian legend in an early form of cuneiform script. 26.3 grams, 55 mm
From an important collection of a London gentleman, 1980-2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12243-220927.
