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LOT 0878
Western Asiatic Gold Artefact Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/4 - 1 1/2 in. (6.17 grams total, 6-37 mm).
Comprising sheet-gold beads and decorative elements, including: tubular beads, repoussé roundel and diadem fragment; beads with filigree decoration, earring with twisted hoop and discoid plaque with granules and shaped mounts. [18]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Bracelet and Axehead Collection
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Ten penannular arm-bands or bracelets composed of round-section bodies tapering towards the terminals; two axeheads. 1.8 kg total, 10.4-13.7 cm
Acquired in Europe before 1992. -
Post-Sassanian Bronze Ewer
8th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With waisted neck piriform body with trumpet-shaped base; scrolled handle with pellet thumb-pad, the spout a bull's head with crescent horns. 286 grams, 16.5 cm
Ex old English collection. London art market, 1980s. -
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
With frieze depicting two standing robed figures before a crowned figure on a throne, symbols in the field; later drilled 'pellets'. 22.5 grams, 28 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection no.16. London collection, 2016.
