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LOT 0276
Western Asiatic Banded Agate Bead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (88 grams total, 84 mm wide including stand).
Discoid in plan and pierced transversely with later D-shaped later gold cap to each end; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired on the UK art market, 2000.
Private collection, Switzerland.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12877-241681.
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.
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LOT 0276
Western Asiatic Banded Agate Bead
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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Mesopotamian Stone Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Biconvex in profile with flared foot and everted rim to the mouth. 434 grams, 11.2 cm wide
From a collection formed before 1990. Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 2000s. 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. -
Luristan Bronze Decorated Spearhead
1200-1100 B.C.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
With ovate blade, central rib and curved shoulders, the lozenge-section long shaft with edge chanel decoration tapering towards the end, rectangular tang with bent tip. 267 grams, 34.5 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.
The spearhead represents a slender variant of type 1 of Khorasani classification. The type 1 was characterised by the bent tang. It was the evolution of a typology which began much earlier in Mesopotamia and the fertile crescent, the type 4 of the Stronach classification, with straight tang and square section, usually thickened at the base with a button tang. -
Old Babylonian Bronze Frog Weight
Circa 2400-1700 B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Modelled in the round with anatomical detailing, undercut between legs and stomach; feet forming a wedge-shaped panel. 24.6 grams, 22 mm
Private collection of Contessa L.J., since the 1980s. Private collection, acquired in 2001. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12898-241690. 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.
