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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Roman(?) Bronze Weight. Circa 1st century BC-2nd century AD.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Stag standing to right between two crossed branches / Blank. 60.59gr, 37mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
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). 12.44gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Byzantine Square Bronze Commercial Weight of One Uncia. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver large cross between Γᴑ A; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 18540; Bendall -; MAH -; Pera -. 26.80gr, 24mm x 25mm x 6mm.
Condition as seen. Square commercial weight with edge of two tiers.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
