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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 Shell Cylinder Seal with Throne Scenes
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
With low-relief carved scene of two addorsed bearded figures on thrones, tree between them, amphora with drinking straws held to the mouth of each figure. 14.4 grams, 29 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection no.051. London collection, 2016. -
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Roughly pillow-shaped in form and bearing cuneiform text to the two principal faces. 24.1 grams, 36 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. -
Ghurid Silver Pectoral with Animals
Central Asia, 13th century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £533
Featuring curved sides and bottom, scalloped upper edge; median figure in textured hat flanked by two resting camels on a pounced field; applied loop to each upper corner; some old repairs. 90 grams, 17 cm
London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. with Bonhams, London, Islamic & India Art sale, circa 2015, p.45, lot 55. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.202353.
Ghurid Dynasty metalwork is poorly represented when compared to the architecture of the period, and the majority of surviving pieces are items of jewellery mostly in Russian museum collections. The sculptural nature of the decoration of this repoussé sheet sets it apart from the more usual output of Iran at this time, recalling the fine silversmithing of the Sasanian period.
