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LOT 0838
Mesopotamian Shell Necklace Bead Group
CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/4 - 1 1/2 in. (72 grams total, 5-40 mm).
Comprising large and small cylinders, discs, and other small rounded shaped beads. [101]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Marble Libation Table
2nd century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
A Nabataean or Hellenistic libation table with drum-shaped body and four stub legs ending in bovine hooves; circumferential bands of egg-and-dart ornament, ropework ornament to the rim, dished upper face to accept votive offerings. 19.2 kg, 25 cm
Ex Paris collection. French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11927-209636.
Rooms in Greek and Roman houses were largely devoid of furniture, and instead more emphasis was given to the display of works of art: mosaic floors, wall paintings, and freestanding bronze and marble sculpture. However, domestic altars have been found in various Greek and Roman houses (especially in Pompeii). This unusual small table with its elaborate support was likely to have been used to deposit fruit, sweets and other types of small gifts as offerings. Such tables were used in all the Greek and provincial Roman world, even by the Nabataean Arabs during the Roman period. -
Western Asiatic Frit Cylinder Seal with Hunting Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With incised design of a standing figure in fringed garment drawing his bow against an antelope, fronds in the field. 11 grams, 37 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.072. London collection, 2016. -
Luristan Bronze Pin Group
11th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising four examples with tapering bodies and decorative finials, three with a central piercing. 112 grams total, 13.5-16 cm
From a UK private collection, before 1980.
