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LOT 1157
Neo Babylonian Stone Duck Weight Collection
8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
1/2 - 7/8 in. (8.01 grams total, 12-22 mm).
Comprising three weights modelled as resting ducks with their heads resting on their backs, each pierced. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Simmons gallery, London, UK, 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1157
Neo Babylonian Stone Duck Weight Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Western Asiatic Bronze Dagger Blade Collection
2700-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising five leaf-shaped blades with raised midribs, one with pierced tang rivet hole, another with two rivet holes on the round shoulders. 344 grams total, 18.5 - 21 cm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The shape of many blades with convex sides was undoubtedly the result of sharpening, but some may have been designed with this outline when a long narrow blade was needed for a special purpose. The daggers with large rivet holes in the round base probably originated by the Hyksos of the Egyptian Twelfth Dynasty. -
Sasanian Decorated Bronze Bowl
3rd-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Hemispherical bowl with a decorative frieze to the inner rim, central solar motif surrounding a stylised cross motif. 118 grams, 14.3 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Ring Group
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Including barrel-shaped and other types with flat bezel, trumpet-bezel and other types. 47 grams total, 22 - 24 mm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex Abelita family collection. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
