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LOT 1280
Western Asiatic Glass Bottle with Blue Trail
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (27.2 grams, 93 mm).
Aqua glass with applied dark blue glass trail to foot and neck, everted rim.
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
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LOT 1280
Western Asiatic Glass Bottle with Blue Trail
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Twisted Silver Bracelet Pair
10th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Each a penannular round-section band with a twisted filigree band coiled around the hank; clubbed finials, one with closure clip fitting. 259 grams total, 75-78 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Proto-Sumerian Pictographic Tablet for Amounts of Barley
Uruk III, circa 3200-3000 B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Rectangular tablet, lentoid in section, with surface divided into three panels, each with a proto-Sumerian legend in an early form of cuneiform script. 26.3 grams, 55 mm
From an important collection of a London gentleman, 1980-2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12243-220927. -
Western Asiatic Black Stone Seal with Cross
4th millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Carved in the round, ellipsoid in plan with handle formed as a recumbent beast; underside with incised hatching; incised cross to one edge of the handle. 124 grams, 64 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
