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LOT 1119
Luristan Bronze Implement Collection
BRONZE AGE, 13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/8 - 4 in. (47 grams total, 8.5-12.5 cm).
Including a net-needle with pierced centre and ball finial, applicator with bull's head finial, dress-pin with scrolled finial and other items. [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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1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Restrung using mainly oblate beads. 5.16 grams, 44 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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Luristan Fine Bronze Bowl
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3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Formed as a pouring vessel with carinated body and short cylindrical spout, neck decorated with three concentric bands of pricked dots, incised bands below, combed chevrons to the equator featuring three raised knops to the rear. 438 grams, 11.8 cm wide
Acquired in Europe before 1990.