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LOT 1188
Western Asiatic Bronze Artefact Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1 1/4 in. (43.9 grams total, 32-65 mm).
Including a dress pin with ram-head finial, an axe-head and other items. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Achaemenid Bronze Bowl
Circa 6th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Broad shallow bowl with flat underside; small crack. 185 grams, 18 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Carnelian and Other Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £221
Comprising a variety of beads mainly in carnelian and glass, including oblate, cylindrical, discoid and other types. 102 grams total, 5-15 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Carnelian beads were diffused in West from the Iranian and other Western Asiatic countries. During Antiquity, the beads were transported from their places of manufacture in India and Persian Empires, and archaeological and literary sources provide evidence of the high prosperity of the Red Sea ports as well as of their trade contact with the Indo-Pacific regions. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
Circa 10th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £104
Spherical, biconical, oblate, disc and other types, some from India. 93 grams total, 3-34 mm
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
