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LOT 1487
Western Asiatic Glass Vessel Collection
CIRCA 12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 - 5 1/2 in. (130 grams total, 9.2-14.2 cm).
Including four miniature amphorae each with a ribbed collar to the neck, and a fifth with sealing wax at the mouth. [5]
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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LOT 1487
Western Asiatic Glass Vessel Collection
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Silver Bracelet
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Penannular type with thick D-section shank, bulb finials. 66 grams, 95 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Holy Land Terracotta Jug
Early Bronze Age I, 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Wide body with a flattened base and everted mouth, round-section handle to the rear. 475 grams, 15 cm wide
From a pre 1988 collection, thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Jug
8th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
With teardrop-shaped body, tubular neck and everted rim, loop handle; painted panels of geometric floral motifs. 374 grams, 14.1 cm
UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman.