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LOT 1094
Western Asiatic Bronze Bracelet with Beast Head Terminals
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/2 in. (10.5 grams, 63 mm).
Slender D-section shank with opposed beast-head finials. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
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LOT 1094
Western Asiatic Bronze Bracelet with Beast Head Terminals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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Qajar Calligraphic Pendant with Kufic Inscription
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Pentagonal carnelian plaque with dentilled lower edges, six transverse bands of calligraphic script. 81 grams. 96 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. -
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Neo-Babylonian Chalcedony Duck Weight with Engraved Figure
Circa 8th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
The animal carved with its head and neck resting along its back; stylised figure with crescent horns or headdress engraved to base; pierced for suspension. 5.07 grams, 21 mm
From an early 20th century collection, Caernarfon, North Wales, UK.
A corpus of similar pieces was found by Italian archaeologists in the city of Karkemish. They were produced and in use in the Iron Age I-III (i.e. from ca. 1190 B.C., date of the collapse of the Hittite Empire and the rise of the “Great Kings” of Karkemish, to 605 B.C., date of the “battle of Karkemish”, when the Babylonian army conquered the city. -
Canaanite Net Painted Jar
Bronze Age, circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Of biconvex profile formed with a rounded base and flared shoulder, everted rim; applied red-paint trellis design to the shoulder and rim. 519 grams, 14 cm wide
From 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.
The jar belongs to the Early Bronze Period I or II of Canaan, in red decoration with net pattern, and it is unusual having an oval cross-section. Many of these jars were found at Tell el-Far'ah.
