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LOT 1436
Western Asiatic Bronze Double Animal Mount
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/4 in. (22.47 grams, 44.29 mm).
Comprising a short stem with pierced lug finial flanked by two addorsed beast-heads; mounted on a cupped base with attachment loops beneath. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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Neo-Babylonian Bronze Stamp Seal
Circa 600 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed as a cone with pierced bulb finial, the field divided by a horizontal band with crescent, pellet and asterisk in the upper zone, facing lion-mask in the lower. 4.92 grams, 14 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Gemstone
Safavid Dynasty, 1501-1722 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Square in plan with finely engraved Nastaliq calligraphic text. 2.75 grams, 20 mm
Private collection, Germany. Anonymous sale, Agora Numismatik, Woerden, Netherlands, 2015, no.333. Private collection, Europe. -
Large Bactrian Black Chlorite 'Hand Bag' Ceremonial Weight
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £7,500
D-shaped in profile with a round-section loop and incuse sockets to accept inlay in contrasting colours (mostly absent); obverse with a reserved scene of two opposed human-headed scorpions with ribbed detailing advancing below two smaller scorpions placed perpendicular to them; reverse with a median eagle with wings extended and feather detailing, flanked by rearing serpents and other animals. 3.81 kg, 26.2 cm
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13285-253383.
