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LOT 1405
Western Asiatic Glass and Silver Bead Necklace
LATE 19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
16 1/8 in. (39 grams, 41 cm).
Comprising pressed polychrome striped glass beads with granulated spacers, a median glass vase pendant and an engraved rectangular clasp. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired UK 1990s.
Ex property of a Sussex, UK collector.
Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
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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Western Asiatic Terracotta Figurine of a Bird
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rendered hollow as an aryballos with a funnel-shaped body on a stemmed foot; lateral projecting wings, forked tail feathers, bent neck with pouring hole; head absent, one wing reattached; old collector's label 'N2187' to base. 66 grams, 91 mm
Ex London art market, 2002. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00103133. 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. -
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group
13th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Comprising triangular types with thick midrib, heater-shaped, leaf-shaped, and other types. 340 grams total, 9.6-14.3 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. 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.
One category of the represented arrowheads has a sharp, flat blade, the ends of which extend to form wings or barbs, and a prominent midrib extending into a long tang that often has a stop; the blade shape varies from deltoid to more triangular. Another form has no barbs, but it has a prominent midrib extending to the tang, and a narrow leaf-shaped blade. -
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Biconvex in profile with segmented faces. 179 grams, 55 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.
