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LOT 1043
Western Asiatic Decorated Bronze Ring Group
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
3/4 - 7/8 in. (16.5 grams total, 19-23 mm).
Comprising five rings with large decorative bezels, three with standing figure, one with a waking sphinx and one with a rosette. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Western Asiatic Decorated Bronze Ring Group
Circa 1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising five rings with large decorative bezels, three with standing figure, one with a waking sphinx and one with a rosette. 16.5 grams total, 19-23 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Achaemenid Pale Blue Bead Necklace
6th-4th century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £91
A restrung designer necklace comprising annular, tubular, oblate and other types. 15.7 grams, 37.5 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery. -
Western Asiatic Bone Twin-Headed Amulet
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £156
Rectangular pendant with hatched and cross-hatched panels to the body, median piercing, two feline heads with sockets for the eyes, ears and nose, to accept coloured inserts. 8.3 grams, 33 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
