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LOT 1084
Luristan Bronze Dress Pin Group
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
2 1/2 - 7 7/8 in. (77 grams total, 6.2-20 cm).
Including tapering type with domed head, poppyhead type and others. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Sumerian Red Stone Cylinder Seal
Uruk, 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Incuse frieze composed of cows or horses standing amongst buildings, characters or symbols in rectangular panels in the field, pierced for suspension. 16.8 grams, 21 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. 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. -
Luristan Bronze Horse
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Amuletic figure of a standing beast with raised rump and curved tail; integral bridle and reins. 17.1 grams, 43 mm
Ex London collection of a deceased collector, 1990s. -
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Eastern Levant Zoomorphic AE Shekel Weight
Bronze to Iron II Age, circa 12th-6th centuries B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
In the form of a horse reclining; inscription in Paleo-Hebrew or Phoenician engraved on base: ŠQL QRQR ('Shekel of Karkor?). 18.53 grams, 39 x 19 x 11mm
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, E Sale 564, lot 1302. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12428-226549.
