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LOT 1222
Syro-Hittite Bronze Animal and Cart
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 in. (17.5 grams total, 35-37 mm wide).
Comprising a quadruped with lug to its back, two-wheeled cart with axle-tree. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Achaemenid Bronze Punched Bar Bracelet
Circa 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
D-section bar with tapering ends, series of punched pellets to the outer face. 25 grams, 62 mm
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Achaemenid-Phoenician Silver Framed Banded Agate Scaraboid
500-300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,990
Biconvex in profile with incised winged-scarab motif to upper face; pierced longitudinally for stringing; later silver mount with granule clusters. 16.4 grams, 34 mm
From the collection of a late London gentleman; by descent 1970 onwards. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12425-225392. -
Mixed Artefact Group
1st millennium B.C.-1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Including a bone dress pin, small bronze axehead, ceramic bust fragment and other items. 382 grams total, 4-14 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
