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LOT 1918
Neo-Babylonian Agate Duck Weight Collection
CIRCA 700-600 B.C.
5/8 - 7/8 in. (6.67 grams total, 17-22 mm).
Each carved in the round as a duck with its head laid back along its spine. [2]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Israel.
with Holy Land House of Antiquities, Jerusalem, 1990s.
Private European collection, acquired from the above in 2001.
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LOT 1918
Neo-Babylonian Agate Duck Weight Collection
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£300 (EUR 348; USD 405) ‡+BP*
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Large Mesopotamian Decorated Alabaster Bowl
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
With a conical lower body, broad rounded shoulder and four radiating integral pierced lugs; narrow neck and broad flat rim to the mouth. 2.2 kg, 18.5 cm wide
Acquired on the French art market, formerly in a French collection since the 1970s. with Bonhams, London, 1 May 2013, no.162. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. -
Western Asiatic Fossil Shark's Tooth Pendant with Inscriptions
Circa 1st millennium B.C. and earlierEstimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular in plan with hole in the root for suspension; geometric lines (or legend?) to one face. 9.2 grams, 45 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Sasanian Carnelian Gemstone of an Ibex with Inscription
5th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Discoid in plan with incuse ibex with the legs folded beneath the body; text in the field; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.42 grams, 11 mm
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.
