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LOT 1081
Western Asiatic Bronze Seal Matrix with Altar
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (19.4 grams, 22 mm).
With collared looped handle, the upper face and handle with punched annulets; intaglio motif of an altar(?) between hatched borders.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva.
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Western Asiatic Gold Disc Ornament Collection
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
Mixed group of domed appliqués in a display frame. 3.21 grams total, 2-11 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Achaemenid Decorated Bronze Flower Finials
6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Including two small buds with ferrous spikes and two larger blooms with square-section mounting pins. 687 grams total, 62-175 mm
Acquired on the European art market, 1990s. English private collection. -
Achaemenid Bronze Bowl
Circa 7th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
With high tinning to the inner face giving a lustrous silvery finish, a tribute to the techniques of the Persian craftsmen; decorated with lightly incised concentric circles inside centre, thickened rim. 338 grams, 16.5 cm
From an old Oxford collection, formed in the 1980s. Ex Chris Martin, UK.
