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LOT 1338
Parthian Bronze Bowl with Concentric Circles
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 in. (140 grams, 14.5 cm wide).
Broad and shallow with flared sidewall, incised rings to inner face.
ProvenanceEx 1990s collection and with a central London gallery.
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LOT 1338
Parthian Bronze Bowl with Concentric Circles
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Western Asiatic Inscribed Bronze Ring Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising three rings with slender hoops and bezels with incised inscription. 6.06 grams total, 18-23 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Bowl with Birds
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,600
Hemispherical in profile with narrow rim, frieze of perching birds in relief, each with a pellet eye, stub beak, large comma-shaped hatched wing and leg held horizontally beneath the body; rim chipped. 273 grams, 11.2 cm
with Holy Lands House, Israel, 1960s. Private collection, 2005. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.12595-232195.
The chlorite stone vessels of early Bactria were kidney-shaped vessels with simple geometric decoration or, like our specimen, semi-circular. Small cylindrical vases were used as cosmetic containers, together with chlorite cosmetic flasks. -
Achaemenid Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
6th-4th century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
Restrung designer necklace string of tubular, oblate and other types with annular pendant centrepiece. 10.6 grams, 44 cm
London, UK, collection, 2000s.
