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LOT 1107
Western Asiatic Bronze Ring Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 - 1 1/8 in. (44.7 grams total, 17-29 mm).
Including barrel-shaped, ellipsoid-bezel and other types. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Mr J.L., Surrey, UK.
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Western Asiatic Silver Staff Terminal with Interlaced Dragons
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £675
Hollow-formed with bulb finial, low-relief image of opposed dragons with detailed scale texture; circumferential band with incised guilloche below; rim chipped. 341 grams, 19.5 cm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Post Sassanian Cut Glass Bottle
6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Squat in profile with nine facets to the body, broad shoulder and eight facets to the neck, chamfered rim. 197 grams, 84 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Sumerian Terracotta Vessel
2600-2400 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Squat biconvex jar with short neck and broad flat mouth; shoulder and body decorated with dense array of radiating combed lines, interrupted at the equator by a herringbone-pattern band, '4' shaped herringbone motif to the underside. 322 grams, 12.3 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12257-222364.
