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LOT 1125
Luristan Bronze Poppy-Headed Pin
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3/4 in. (80 grams, 17 cm).
With a long tapering shank, poppy-head terminal with three projecting lobes, incised chevrons in between the lobes. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Western Asiatic Carnelian Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Graduated string of irregular beads and dangles, banded centrepiece. 22.5 grams, 34 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Neo-Assyrian Bronze Cylinder Seal with Pazuzu
Circa 1012-612 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Cylindrical in form with narrow neck and head of Pazuzu above; frieze of two figures and a pillar with crescent above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 8.05 grams, 27 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Stone Jeweller's Mould Group
1st millennium A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Comprising: bifacial soapstone block fragment with incised roundel of a nimbate head with pouring channel, vent and locating hole, reverse similar with roundel of two opposed figures with fronds between, both faces with portions of other designs; larger rectangular block with pouting channel vent and two locating holes, roundel with rosette design. 59 grams total, 29-44 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
