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LOT 1096
Western Asiatic Bronze Handle
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
4 1/4 in. (61 grams, 10.9 cm).
With suspension loop, rectangular-section shank, recurved lower body with ribbed cross-section, acorn finial. [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.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 74.51.5468, for similar.
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Western Asiatic Carnelian Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Graduated string of irregular beads and dangles, banded centrepiece. 22.5 grams, 34 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
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Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal and Amulet Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising: a pillow-shaped carnelian amulet pierced through the notched upper edge, hatched panels to both faces; a triangular-section stamp seal displaying ring-and-dot motifs and a possible animal figure; a plano-convex stamp seal bearing a geometric motif; a square-shaped lapis lazuli amulet engraved with a horned quadruped standing right. 19.4 grams total, 12-24 mm
Collected since the 1970s. Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Monkey Figurine Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Each a simian with exaggerated eyes, mounted on a stand. 428 grams total, 8.2-10.3 cm
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.
