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LOT 1083
Old Babylonian Carnelian Frog Amulet on Gold Earring
20TH-16TH CENTURY B.C.
1 1/8 in. (2.45 grams, 29.30 mm).
The frog modelled in the round, pierced at the middle and mounted on an asymmetrical gold hoop, possibly a marriage.
ProvenanceEx K.J. collection.
Acquired on the North American art market, 1999.
European private collection.
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LOT 1083
Old Babylonian Carnelian Frog Amulet on Gold Earring
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Bronze Standard Finial with Bird
13th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With a conical, collared body; the top with a stylised bird modelled in the round. 87.4 grams, 99 mm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Elamite Silver Beaker with Three Ibexes
Circa 1500-800 B.C.Estimate: £40,000 - 60,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £17,500
Raised from a single sheet, conical in form with concave body and everted rim; the body, executed in repoussè technique and chased details, decorated by a frieze of three male ibexes, rows of ovules under the rim and beneath the animals; the beasts with muscular bodies and curving horns, each reaching for a flower hanging from above, and eight-petalled flower to the base; late Elamite or Marlik; repaired. 148 grams, 11.7 cm high
with Mahboubian Gallery, New York, acquired prior to 1966. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.12167-220488. -
Western Asiatic Red Standstone Fragment Group
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising two carved architectural fragments: a plaque with reserved foliage, and a corbel with leaves and tendrils. 4.79 kg total, 18 cm each
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
