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LOT 1181
Western Asiatic Decorated Bronze Ring Group
MAINLY 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D. AND LATER
3/4 - 1 1/8 in. (60.1 grams total, 19-30 mm).
Most with decorative bezels, one penannular with herringbone decoration; one with keeled hoop decorated with notches; and a coiled ring, possibly a hair ring. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Western Asiatic Decorated Gold Pendant Terminal
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Crescentic in plan with applied filigree rim forming lateral loops, granule clusters and domed roundels. 4.84 grams, 45 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. -
Sassanian Chalcedony Hair Ring with Gayomard Figure
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Barrel-shaped with broad central hole; engraved to the outer face with a 'Gayomard' figure holding spears in his extended hands; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 23.5 grams, 30 mm
with Christie's, London, 21 April 1999, no.11. From the 'Empire' collection, an important UK private collection of seals, no.19 Accompanied by a copy of an old typed cataloguing page signed by A D H Bivar. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12127-217086. -
Qajar Glazed Plate with Hero
Late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Border of reserved running tendrils and leaves, central panel a horseman riding in a landscape; white horse with saddle blanket supporting a hero with plumed helmet and shield slung over his back, wielding a dagger in his left hand against a winged serpent wrapped around the rump and hindlegs of his horse, his right hand strangling another such beast; mounted in a wooden display frame. 5.2 kg, 44.5 x 45 cm
Ex private collection, UK. with Rosebery's, London, UK, 10 December 2013, no.1184. with Weber Kunsthandel, Cologne, Germany.
