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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 Garnet-Set Gold Element
Circa 12th-13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Of square form, the central stone flanked by teardrop-shaped stone at each corner, with round stones to interstices, all with raised settings with braided borders; the reverse with two rows of pierced spheres, each end with an applied sphere. 4.06 grams, 24.66 mm
From a private family collection formed in the 1970s. -
Elamite Silver Flower Pendant
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
A restrung necklace of fusiform and tubular carnelian beads with two silver cloisonné pendant quatrefoils with haematite discs in the spandrels, inset glass and other panels, oval rock crystal beads flanking. 59 grams, 43 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired 1990s. With a London gallery. Property of a London collector; from her family's private collection. -
Old Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Circa 1925-1595 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
With a central male deity (Marduk) in a Hittite gown facing right, holding a mace, facing a supplicant goddess in formal kaunakes, her right hand extended with the waters of Ea flowing from it; crescent moon above, between the figures a pillar and a flower, before na'ga, two supplicants attend with formal dress, possibly some ancient re-cutting; accompanied by a custom-made display stand and a museum-quality impression. 6.00 grams, 20.85 mm (50 grams total, 84 mm high including stand)
Ex Bedfordshire estate collection assembled during the early to mid 20th century. Ex RH collection, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, UK. Ex Helios Gallery antiquities, Wiltshire, UK. Accompanied by an original Helios Gallery certificate of authenticity with stock reference no.H2934d. Accompanied by a copy of a letter of attribution from antiquarian Phil Jones.
