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LOT 1566
Luristan Bronze Standing Deer Statuette
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 in. (12.3 grams, 36.8mm).
Standing on a small base with an erect head and tail, pierced through the body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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Large Mesopotamian Carved Stone Weight
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Circular body with flaring walls and a domed top. 380 grams, 80 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Private collection, London. -
Achaemenid Solid Gold Bracelet
5th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,980
Penannular in form and round in section with clubbed ends, three incised gussets below each finial. 42.88 grams, 73 mm
From the collection of Contessa L.G., assembled in the 1980s. Private collection, acquired in Switzerland in 1999. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13200-249217.
The bracelet resembles a specimen found in Persepolis, in the Treasury, room 65, made from plain bronze wire. If the Achaemenid bracelets are characterised by their extremities shaped like goats or other wild animals, simpler gold bracelets existed, used abundantly by children and women, and also by royal courtiers and even slaves. -
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Comprising: running zigzag motif; horse and chariot; bird and quadruped in profile; lion leaping on a hero with spear; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 29.4 grams total, 15.4-24 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
