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LOT 1337
Luristan Bronze Arrows and Blades
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
2 5/8 - 6 1/8 in. (197 grams total, 6.7-15.5 cm).
Including triangular, barbed-and-tanged and other types. [10]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Bactrian Lapis Lazuli Pin Head with Figures
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
Drum-shaped in profile with running guilloche to the rim, obverse with low-relief figure of a crouching man between addorsed gryphons; reverse with crouching anguiped between lion-heads and regardant birds. 43.6 grams, 50 mm
with Gallery Rosen Ancient Art, Tel Aviv, 1968. with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Accompanied by a copy of the original 1968 invoice. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12407-225342. -
Central Asian Green Steatite Stone Frog Amulet
1st millennium B.C. or laterEstimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Carved in the round depicting two frogs mating, with socket eyes. 7.37 grams, 33 mm
From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. -
Neo-Babylonian Terracotta Mother and Child Figure
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Moulded in high-relief; mother standing nude and holding child in her left hand and offering her breast to the child with her right; mounted on a custom-made stand. 144 grams total, 15.5 cm including stand
Acquired in the UK in the early 1990s. Ex property of a Guernsey collector.
