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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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Achaemenid Silver Ring with Warriors
7th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
A silver finger ring with scaphoid bezel, incuse image of an armoured warrior with shield and spear, a horseman and a hatched gate or wall. 4.12 grams, 25.84 mm overall, 21.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Amlash Figure of Fertility
Circa 13th-12th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £635
A copper-alloy fertility figure with openwork decoration, loop arms suspending pendants formed as slender figurative horned animals; suspension loop to reverse and cage-style torso; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 47 grams, 91 mm (78 grams total, 10 cm including stand)
Fine condition.
Acquired before 1983.mj Ex London gallery, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Earring Pair Collection
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
A group of three pairs of copper-alloy earrings: one pair with conical terminals; one annular pair with coiled wire projections; hoop formed two additional loops with coiled sleeve between. 17 grams total, 21-43 mm
Early 1990s London collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
