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LOT 1184
Luristan Bronze Dress Pin Collection
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
6 1/4 - 6 7/8 in. (113 grams total, 16-17.5 cm).
Including mushroom-head type, poppy-head type with piercing, and other types. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Western Asiatic Mixed Agate and Carnelian Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Mainly bicones, spheres and oblate shapes. 280 grams total, 6-34 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Garnet-Set Gold Ring
4th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Flat-section expanding hoop with a granulated triangle to each shoulder, supporting an oval bezel with granulated triangles and linear decoration, set with an uncut garnet with four claws. 4.58 grams, 24.74 mm overall, 17.72 x 16.75 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
From a private family collection formed in the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Marble Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
Late 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Bearing a worship scene composed of a procession of robed human figures advancing left, towards a seated figure; pierced vertically for suspension. 34.6 grams, 36 mm
Fine condition.
Private family collection formed in London, mid 1980s to early 1990s.
