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LOT 0246
Large Western Asiatic Gold Hoop Earrings
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/8 in. (20.34 grams total, 62 mm each).
Matched pair, each with radiating granulated triangular plaques and large granule clusters. [2]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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LOT 0246
Large Western Asiatic Gold Hoop Earrings
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Bronze Pin with Ibex
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With a tapering round-section shank, balustered finial topped with a standing ibex. 11.7 grams, 10.1 cm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
2300-2200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Limestone with lions and quadrupeds; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Fawn Stone, 17 x 10.5 mm. The design shows two crossed lions in the middle, each attacking a domestic horned animal on the outside of the scene. There is a simple linear device as a terminal. This is an Akkadian seal, c. 2300-2200 B.C., from Mesopotamia or an adjacent area. It is in [sic] good state of preservation.' 2.8 grams, 16 mm
Property of a London gentleman; part of his family collection since the 1970s. From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent. Accompanied by a original typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. -
Western Asiatic Ceramic Children's Toy Donkey
Azerbaijan, 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £667
Hollow-formed figure of a donkey laden with packs on a heater-shaped base; vents to each side to accept axles, hollow to the underside, keeled forward edge pierced to accept a cord; packs open to the upper face. 348 grams, 15 cm wide
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12126-217308.
