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LOT 1438
Luristan Bronze Poppy-Headed Dress Pin
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
5 in. (17.9 grams, 12.5 cm).
With a short tapering body, poppy-head finial and three radiating lugs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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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Sasanian Silver Bowl with Incised Bird
3rd-7th century A.D.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
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Bactrian Bronze Scorpion Mount
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
Shaped as a scorpion with curving tail and pincers, the body with circular depressions, attachment loop beneath. 35 grams, 44 mm
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