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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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Sassanian Stamp Seal with Ibex
5th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With intaglio profile image of an ibex standing with forelegs bent; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.9 grams, 13 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971. -
Western Asiatic Turquoise Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
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.
Turquoise has been known since prehistoric times, and it is widely used in jewellery in the Middle East (Egypt and Persia), the Far East (Tibet, Mongolia and China) and even by native North Americans. Turquoise was very fashionable also in Europe, especially during the 18th and 19th centuries. -
Mesopotamian Gold 'Butterfly' Bead
4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Flat bead formed from two sheets of gold, discoid with a trapezoidal spur to each end. 3.01 grams, 35 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.