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LOT 0208
Parthian Gold Earrings
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (9.61 grams total, 32 mm wide each).
A group of two similar crescentic gold earrings with slender hook-and-eye hoop, bifacial ornament with gold bulbs to the lower perimeter of both faces and top edges, adorned with pyramid and flower head granules to front face, granule clusters to the inner edge to front face, plain, beaded and striptwist filigree wire crescents to the body, with alternating granulates triangles and rectangles below, repeated on the reverse. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Amlash Terracotta Vessel
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £167
Of zoomorphic form. 545 grams, 26.5 cm wide
Fine condition.
Acquired 1970s-1990s. Ex Rabi Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK. From a specialist collection of pottery.
Likely representing a wading bird. -
Western Asiatic Gold Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £683
A group of 100 gold beads of various types, including wheel, ribbed, spherical, granulated and other types. 6.49 grams total, 1-5 mm
Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman. -
Central Asian Seal Pendant with Horned Quadruped
23rd-20th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A bronze compartmented stamp seal pendant in the form of a horned quadruped, with suspension loop to reverse; accompanied by a typed and signed scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, the late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: '...This has the shape of what is depicted: a standing horned quadruped looking upwards. The face is flat and compartmented. The back is also flat and has a loop handle with two grooves over it. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c.2300-2000 B.C. It is in very good condition and the metal has been conserved.' 11 grams, 38 mm
1980s-early 1990s collection, UK. Accompanied by an original typed and signed scholarly note issued by the late Professor W.G. Lambert.
