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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)
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Persian Iron Dragon-Shaped Flint Striker
17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With a thick looped body and striking face to the outer edge; handle formed in openwork with stylised serpent-head, open mouth with recurved teeth, trident tail with similar pellet clusters; engraved and drilled detailing. 297 grams, 11.5 cm
Acquired Christie's, The Longridge Collection, London, UK, 2010 (£1,276.00). Personal collection of a Suffolk lady, UK.
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Western Asiatic Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Graduated group of turquoise-coloured beads, the central feature composed of large melon beads; restrung. 22.2 grams, 40 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Large Western Asiatic Ceramic Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £51
Bulbous body with flattened base, three raised ribs to the trumpet-shaped neck and a small handle to the rear. 1.08 kg, 27 cm
From an important specialist collection, London, UK, 1990s.