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LOT 0214
Sassanian Glass Rhyton- Style Vessel
3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (86 grams, 11.2 cm high).
A pale green glass vessel with tapering sidewalls and foot formed as a stylised shoe or boot; iridescent surfaces.
ProvenanceFrench collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
with Vermot & Associés, Paris, France, 16 November 2019, lot 44.
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LOT 0214
Sassanian Glass Rhyton- Style Vessel
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Carnelian and Agate Bead String
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
A restrung necklace composed of double drilled oval agate beads from the Near East or India with later polished round carnelian beads. 95 grams, 66 cm long
Fine condition.
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
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Seljuk Period Openwork Door Fitting
13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
A pair of bronze openwork discoid door 'bosses' or handle mounting plates, each with a central dome inscribed around the neck, procession of birds with spread wings below, geometric band, openwork interlace motif, egg-and-dart style shaped circumference. 1.4 kg total, 24 cm wide each
From a UK private collection. An old Christie's label to verso: '656/8673'. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Cylinder Seal Pendant
Late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A rare bronze cylinder seal with loop; two registers depicting figures with a wheeled vehicle, domestic animals and other items; possibly from the Bactria-Margiana archaeological complex. 19.2 grams, 26 mm
Acquired 1969-1999. London collection of the late S.M., thence by descent.
