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LOT 1052
Luristan Animal-Footed Stand and Pin
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
4 - 7 7/8 in. (134 grams total, 10-20 cm).
Comprising: a ribbed tubular stand with radiating legs, beast-head finials; dress-pin with poppy-head final and three radiating lugs. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Western Asiatic Glass and Stone Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £98
Composed of agate, shell, glass, faience, and stone beads in various shapes including some amulets, restrung. 43 grams, 60 cm long
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. -
Kushan Gold Bell Pendant
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Bell-shaped with bands of applied granulation, applied loop above. 2.6 grams, 23 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Phallus Axe
Neolithic Period, 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Lentoid in section with rounded cutting edge, carinated butt formed as a phallus. 1.76 kg, 22 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
