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LOT 1160
Mixed Artefact Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.-1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
1 1/2 - 5 1/2 in. (382 grams total, 4-14 cm).
Including a bone dress pin, small bronze axehead, ceramic bust fragment and other items. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Luristan Bronze Double Ibex Finial
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Comprising two parallel columns with ribbing to the upper sections, joined by transverse bars, with integral ibex-head finials. 62.8 grams, 52 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Western Asiatic Decorated Bronze Bracelet
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising a round-section shank and opposed finials with braid detailing. 21 gramss, 60 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Old Babylonian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
With frieze of figures in a courtly presentation scene. 1.54 grams, 12 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
