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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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Luristan Bronze Ibex Amulet
1000-700 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Standing modelled in the round with head erect, curved horns, pierced at the shoulder. 16.1 grams, 33 mm
Private collection, Mr. A.A., London, acquired in the 1970s. with Bonhams, London, 8 May 2013, no.229 (Part). -
Western Asiatic Amuletic Jade Pendant with Kufic Inscription
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Ellipsoid plaque with suspension bar, three lines of elegant Kufic txt. 11 grams, 40 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. -
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Tabular in form with short cuneiform text to one face. 57 grams, 54 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
