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LOT 0300
Western Asiatic Amethyst Scaraboid
1ST MILLENNIUM BC.
5/8 in. (2.07 grams, 15 mm).
With conical upper face, underside with border enclosing an incuse palm tree with monkeys climbing up the trunk.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Mr S.M., London, UK, formed from 1969-1999.
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Sassanian Deep Blue Cut-Glass Bowl
Central Asia, 6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,940
Drum-shaped with two rows of discoid plaques to the sidewall and another to the underside. 387 grams, 13 cm (1.37 kg total, 23.5 x 23.5 x 13 cm including box)
with Kojiro Ishiguro (1916-1992), Tokyo, in 1978-1979. Private collection, Japan. Ex Gallery Mari by February 2004. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12429-225439. -
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Western Asiatic Silver Mount Pair
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising two rectangular-section penannular shanks with applied pellet clusters and incised herringbone lines. 12.4 grams total, 26-27 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Luristan Bronze Short Sword with Integral Hilt with Crescent Pommel
14th-10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
A short sword or dagger with slender triangular blade, low round midrib with flat upper face, annular guard and remains of scooped shoulders, columnar grip with open sides to receive bone or wooden hilt, crescent pommel. 322 grams, 44 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
These kind of bronze daggers or dirks, typical of Marlik culture, were cast in a one piece mould according to Negahban, although in some specimens the penannular guard was cast later into the blade. The separate sets of encircling ribs on the grips are again typical of swords from the Marlik area.
