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LOT 1667
Western Asiatic Bronze Bowl with Concentric Circles
CIRCA 4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 in. (80 grams, 11.4 cm wide).
Squat and hemispherical in profile with pairs of incised rings to the inner face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Abelita collection, 1990s.
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LOT 1667
Western Asiatic Bronze Bowl with Concentric Circles
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Neo-Babylonian Rock Crystal Stamp Seal with Figure
Circa 7th-6th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Tongue-shaped type, lentoid in section with wheel-cut figure to the underside; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.02 grams, 21 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Black Stone Four-Sided Stamp Seal with Geometric Designs
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular in plan and in section with high-relief reserved design to each long face: ladder, concentric triangles, opposed bows, whisk (or flower). 6.72 grams, 22 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Rhyton in the Form of a Boot
Late 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £825
With rich bichrome ornamentation in black and beige bordered by a red line, pointed tip with a small pouring hole on the underside; funicular upper section decorated with red ornamentation of a stylised bird surrounded by an arcade with reserved circles on each side; band of reserved circles above at the rim; bootleg and heel partly restored, interior encrusted. 475 grams, 20 cm long
Ex Elie Borowski, Basel, March 1975. From the collection of Italian palaeontologist and Scholar Giancarlo Ligabue (1931-2015).
