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LOT 1644
Western Asiatic Bronze Skillet Handle
BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 7/8 in. (100 grams, 25 cm).
With a D-shaped lower end and a coiled loop at the end of the handle. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a Cambridge gentleman, acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1980s.
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.
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LOT 1644
Western Asiatic Bronze Skillet Handle
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Stone Amulet and Stamp Seal Collection
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including drum-shaped type with drilled clusters, plano-convex type with pierced lug handle and quadruped, and other types. 14.1 grams total, 12-26 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
South Arabian Bronze Bowl Featuring a Hunting Scene and Inscription
Southwestern Arabia, Kingdom of Ma’in, circa 3rd century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £5,500 - 7,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,750
Broad and squat with impressed guilloche below the inner rim, repoussé frieze with fleeing ibex attacked by a gryphon and kneeling archer to the rear; central rosette; seven incised characters to inner face and four to outer face. 277 grams, 15.5 cm
Saleh family collection, Germany, formed prior to 1972. Private collection, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12809-241324.
The presence of decorated bronze bowls during the later Pre-Islamic period, mainly in the territories of the modern Emirates, is well documented. Many decorated bowls and bowl fragments were discovered at Mleiha; one or more possible fragments were found at ed-Dur, and a single bowl comes from a Pre-Islamic period C tomb in Dibba. They are also similar to the so-called Phoenician - or, more correctly, Levantine - bowls produced in the 9th-early 7th century B.C. They combine local Levantine elements with imagery borrowed from Mesopotamia and Egypt, and local Arabian themes, such as camel and horse riding, often composed in radial zones. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Amulet and Bead Collection
3rd-1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including a barrel-shaped banded agate bead, two teardrop-shaped pendants with engraved motifs, and others. 40 grams total, 4-27 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
