LOT 4148
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Bronze weight in the shape of a scorpion. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.166, 160. Condition as seen.(10.06gr, 34mm x 13mm.).
ProvenanceEx S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s.
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LOT 4148
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 2 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Bronze weight in the shape of a bull's head; groove on base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.165, 155. 15.42gr, 23 x 19mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-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. -
Byzantine Square Bronze Commercial Weight of Two Unciae. Circa 4th-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Facade of church shaped relic with three sections each surmounted by cross (inlaid in silver) and divided in two departments engraved with I N and decorations; all standing on four bases / Blank. Not in the standard references but cf. Bendall, Byzantine Weights 55. 45.56gr, 29mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
