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 Glass Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Glass weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail. 0.92gr, 12mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s. -
Medieval Bronze Folding Bronze Coin Balance. 15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A small folding scales beam balance for weighing coins and similar low weight items; the T-shaped centre section for holding the balance while in use, with two hinged arms ending in rings to receive scale pans on cords. Cf. Sheppard & Musham, Money Scales and Weights, no 320. 7.97gr, 11.5cm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Bronze Weight or Amulet. 7th-10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rectangular flat-section weight with low-relief motif of a standing two-headed figure / Blank. 5.17gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
Property of a London collector; acquired before 1980. Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman.
This is probably a folk amulet depicting a schematic representation of two saints. Images of paired saints at this period are limited to a known few which would suggest that the figures could be saints.
