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LOT 1190
Western Asiatic and Other Bronze Artefact Group
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D. AND LATER
5/8 - 2 in. (76 grams total, 16-52 mm).
Comprising: the body of a bow brooch, a kite-shaped mount with a fish, a beast-head mount or finial, a Late Roman military belt strap end of 'amphora' type; a stamp seal with an ibex, and others. [9]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. for the Late Roman strap end Feugere, M., Tra Costantino e Teodosio (IV-V secolo d.C.). Osservazioni sui militaria di Aquileia’ in Aquileia Nostra Anno LXXXIII-LXXXIV, 2012-2013, tav.VI., no.90.
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LOT 1190
Western Asiatic and Other Bronze Artefact Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Stone Decorated Spindle Whorl Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two conical spindle whorls, the larger with stylised human figures and quadrupeds, the smaller with ring-and-dot decoration. 9.39 grams total, 18-23 mm
Acquired in the 1980s-2000s. From an important London, UK, collection. -
Large Western Asiatic Bronze Bowl
Circa 12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Raised from a single sheet with rounded base and slightly inturned walls. 427 grams, 20.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Neo-Assyrian Bronze Pazuzu Head Pendant
Circa 800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Columnar in form and plano-convex in section with discoid base and grotesque mask. 4.82 grams, 26 mm
From a collection of a late London, UK, collector, 1980s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
