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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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Bactrian Lapis Lazuli Pin Head with Figures
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Drum-shaped in profile with running guilloche to the rim, obverse with low-relief figure of a crouching woman with braided hair, one hand raised; reverse with similar image. 49.8 grams, 40 mm
with Gallery Rosen Ancient Art, Tel Aviv, 1968. with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Accompanied by a copy of the original 1968 invoice. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12406-225341. -
Phoenician Silver Seal with Green Scaraboid Seal
900-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Carved serpentine plano-convex seal with intaglio of a bireme at sea beneath two opposed birds; set in a silver mount with ropework detailing, and kidney-shaped suspension loop. 3.1 grams, 23 mm
Acquired in the 1980s. From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Bowl
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With flared sidewall and rolled rim. 280 grams, 16 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
