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LOT 0290
Timurid Bronze Vessel with Animal Handle
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
7 7/8 in. (1.66 kg, 20 cm wide).
Substantial jar with broad tubular neck and squat body; zoomorphic handle to the rear with looped thumb-pad.
ProvenanceLondon, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
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LOT 0290
Timurid Bronze Vessel with Animal Handle
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Bronze Votive Animal Group
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Model horses each with splayed legs and a stub to the rump (to accept a rider figure?). 5.09 grams total, 37-40 mm
Private collection formed in the 1990s. Acquired from a central London gallery. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.068. London collection, 2016. -
Sassanian Stag Gemstone
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Opening Bid: £75
Carnelian with intaglio recumbent stag with legs folded beneath the body, within a pelletted border; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.47 grams, 11 mm
From the collection of a Swiss gentleman formed in Europe from 1970-1980s; thence by descent from the family in London.