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LOT 1322
Luristan Heavy Bronze Bracelet
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (290 grams, 78 mm).
Round-section penannular body with incised linear decoration to the outer face, with zoomorphic terminals with large ring-and-dot eyes.
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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Western Asiatic Fragmentary Cuneiform Barrel with Coin Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising: a fusiform ceramic bead with impressed cuneiform text in four columns; group of twenty-seven bronze coins and fragments; in old cardboard soap box with handwritten legend inside lid 'Bought from an old beggar Arab at Murood, in desert'; wrapped in fragments of old English-language newspaper dated March 31, 1928. 145 grams total including box, 1-56 mm
Early 20th century private collection, acquired March 1925. Subsequently Simon Chorley Art & Antiques Ltd, Gloucestershire, 23rd September 2010. Private collection, acquired from the above. In a box marked 'Found by ourselves in Desert at Murmood (?) March 1925'. 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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Western Asiatic Bronze Bowl with Dancing Figures
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
Hemispherical in profile with stepped inner rim above a repoussé frieze of horned monsters each wearing a kilt and linking hands with his neighbours; below, a bilinear band enclosing a bull-headed figure sitting with legs crossed on a rectangular mat(?). 121 grams, 15.2 cm wide
German private collection, 1990s. with Bonhams, London, 3 October 2000, no.338. Private collection, Europe. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12879-241694. 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. -
Luristan Bronze Pendant with Animal Heads
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Round-section discoid body with applied pellets and a pair of horned animal heads to the rim; attachment loop to the top. 32.4 grams, 59 mm
UK 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.
