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LOT 1460
Western Asiatic Bronze Ring Collection
CIRCA 16TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 in. (43.3 grams total, 18-27 mm).
Comprising seven rings, each with a decorative bezel, one fragmentary. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK
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LOT 1460
Western Asiatic Bronze Ring Collection
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a brown steatite seal with drilled motifs; a cream quartz seal with a geometric pattern; an intentionally broken hematite seal with a nude frontal woman, two small figures with antlers beneath, a male with curly hair and another figure with a long neck, a practise piece; a cram limestone seal with three tree motifs; a steatite seal with linear and pellet motifs; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 25.1 grams total, 13-21 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.11, 12, 54, 62, 71. -
Large Sasanian Terracotta Bulla with Animals
Circa 400-600 A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A large fragment of a bulla showing a standing ibex and other animals. 21.6 grams, 45 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Artefact Collection
Bronze Age, 1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Mixed group of items, including arrowheads, a dagger blade, a beast-headed implement, a medical spoon and others. 192 grams total, 6.4-19.1 cm
Acquiredon the London, UK, art market, 1990s onwards.
