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LOT 1496
Western Asiatic Fragmentary Cuneiform Barrel with Coin Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 2 1/4 in. (145 grams total including box, 1-56 mm).
Comprising: a fusiform ceramic bead with impressed cuneiform text in four columns; group of twenty-seven bronze coins and fragments; in old cardboard soap box with handwritten legend inside lid 'Bought from an old beggar Arab at Murood, in desert'; wrapped in fragments of old English-language newspaper dated March 31, 1928. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEarly 20th century private collection, acquired March 1925.
Subsequently Simon Chorley Art & Antiques Ltd, Gloucestershire, 23rd September 2010.
Private collection, acquired from the above.
In a box marked 'Found by ourselves in Desert at Murmood (?) March 1925'.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1496
Western Asiatic Fragmentary Cuneiform Barrel with Coin Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Ex London and Geneva collection, pre-1988. Accompanied by an old dealer's information label. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Gold Earring Group
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Comprising: one with domed underside, two beaded collars; one with bulbous body and repoussé pellets to the collar; one shell-shaped with ribbing. 3.05 grams total, 17-27 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Piriform with vertical socket expanding towards the narrower end. 303 grams, 72 mm
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman, 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
