LOT 4167
Western Asiatic Bronze Cage Weight with Seated Figure 1st millennium B.C.
Comprising a square-section body with overlapping U-shaped handles above, one side with an incised image of a seated male holding a long staff. 1 1/2 in. (46.3 grams, 38 mm).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4167
Western Asiatic Bronze Cage Weight with Seated Figure
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Large Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 17.16gr, 42mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. -
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 3 Unciae. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ Γ; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Bendall 67. 80gr, 32mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen. Square commercial weight with edge of three tiers.
Private collection, Switzerland, 1990s. European private collection, acquired in 2001. -
Byzantine Bronze Amulet. After circa 10th century AD.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Ο Α ΘΕΟ-ΔΟΡΟC(sic), facing bust of Saint Theodore, nimbate, holding spear with right hand and sword with left / Blank. 74gr, 47mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
