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LOT 1732
Western Asiatic Artefact Group
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 - 2 3/4 in. (254 grams total, 20-71 mm).
Mixed group of ceramic, bronze and stone items, including two small dishes, a spindle whorl and an idol fragment. [13, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the late collection of a Cornish couple, formed from the early 1990s.
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Anatolian Black Stone Idol
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Carved in the half-round with hatched detailing to the tunic and belt, discoid head with reserved annulet eyes and trapezoidal nose, and lateral stub ears. 156 grams, 10.1 cm
Ex Swiss collection, 1980s. Private collection, 1994. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12874-241677. -
Western Asiatic Glass and Stone Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Composed mainly of oblate and annular beads with larger beads at the centre, restrung. 16.8 grams, 44 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Achaemenid Silver Dish
Circa 500-400 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Shallow with thickened rim; encrustations to the outer face. 396 grams, 21 cm wide
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private Swiss collection since 1998. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11631-199032.
