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LOT 1350
Luristan Bronze Pendant with Animal Heads
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/4 in. (32.4 grams, 59 mm).
Round-section discoid body with applied pellets and a pair of horned animal heads to the rim; attachment loop to the top.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Neo-Babylonian Agate Duck Weight
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Opening Bid: £500
Carved in banded agate so that the head and upper back are in opaque white stone, the rest in translucent orange-tan stone. 4.76 grams, 23 mm
Acquired in 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Finger Ring
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
With bulb to each shoulder, ellipsoid bezel, incuse legend. 4.25 grams, 21.63 mm overall, 18.49 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Amlash Bronze Mother Goddess Pendant
13th-12th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A standing stylised female figure wearing a long robe and holding a child in her arms, punched ring-and-dot motifs to the body and eyes. 18.7 grams, 59 mm
Fine condition.
Ex property of a London gentleman; acquired on the London art market before 2000; previously in a UK collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
