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LOT 1007
Luristan and Later Bronze Artefact Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1 3/8 - 6 1/2 in. (62 grams total, 3.7-16.5 cm).
Comprising: a bow-shaped buckle; a boot-shaped pipe tamper with suspension loop; pin with trio of rowels or stars; possible Chimu pin with urn-shaped finial and hook. [4, No Reserve]
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
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Western Asiatic Gold Earring Group
Late 1st millennium B.C.-early 1st millennium A.D.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £194
Comprising seven gold hoop earrings comprising: an example composed of a coiled wire and bead bezel; one with hollow-formed capsule-shaped bulb decorated with a medial twisted wire collar; a crescentic hoop with granulated pyramids to the lower edge and one loop; hollow-formed crescentic earring with coiled collars; a flat-section crescent with hook-and-eye closure; a hollow-formed crescent-shaped earring with expanded central section and remains of hinge closure; hoop with single granulations to lower body, triangular plaque below, dangle comprising gold granulated beads and pearl and facetted blue bead, possibly of stone; including fragmentary examples. 6.69 grams total, 10-27 mm
Fine condition.
Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman. -
Western Asiatic Stone Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed mainly of restrung with a central cylindrical agate bead with later cream-coloured shell(?) Heidhi style beads punctuated by clusters of black beads. 14.5 grams, 58 cm long
Fine condition.
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P. R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Openwork Door Fittings
13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Each discoid in plan with decoratively notched circumference, ogival centre with pierced ornament, concentric bands of incised annulets, chevrons and other geometric forms; each accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 1.03 kg total, 20-20.5 cm wide (1.5 kg total, 30.5 cm high each including stand)
Acquired 1960s-1970s. From a UK private collection, 1981.