LOT 4151
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.162, 143 var. (5 Qedet). Condition as seen.(12.44gr, 20mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4151
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 5 Dirham. 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Fourteen-sided cubic weight with six large square facets, and eight triangle facets; one square facet with five punches. Cf. CPAI 1, 393-399 (no punches). 15.45gr, 13mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Roman-Byzantine Lead Seal. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Confronted busts, star above / Blank. Cf. Leukel, 38-50. 15.72gr, 22mm x 9mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Square Bronze Commercial Weight of Two Unciae. Circa 5th-7th century AD.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ B; all within wreath / Blank. Bendall, Byzantine Weights 71. 53.20gr, 31mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in 1993. Private collection, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
