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LOT 1409
Proto-Elamite Silver Engraved Cloak Pin Pair
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 5/8 - 6 3/4 in. (42.4 grams total, 16.8-17.2 cm).
Each with a tapering body and a domed finial, engraved bands of hatching and linear motifs. [2]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1409
Proto-Elamite Silver Engraved Cloak Pin Pair
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Small rectangular tablet with impressed text on four sides. 24.1 grams, 37 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. -
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Sasanian Bronze Bowl
3rd-7th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With broad base and deep everted sidewall. 194 grams, 17 cm
From the collection of North West London, UK, gentleman, 1990-2000s. -
Syrian Steatite Cylinder Seal
Circa 1300 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A small cylinder seal showing a beast looking back, a winged sun and a flying duck, star and eye motifs as fillers; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.36 grams, 18 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue slip with collection no.59.
