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LOT 0224
Luristan Zoomorphic Pin Finial
8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
8 1/2 in. (118 grams, 21.5 cm).
With complex finial incorporating the foreparts of an ibex surmounted by a winged gryphon with cow-horns and coiled disc between the neck and arched wing.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1967.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £111
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Western Asiatic Gold Earrings
6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Matched pair, crescentic with chamfered profile, granule cluster to the apex. 5.48 grams total, 18-19 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
