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LOT 0203
Western Asiatic Gold Bead Drop Earrings
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/8 in. (9.08 grams total, 87-88 mm).
A matching pair of gold drop earrings, each composed of a slender penannular hoop with loop below and coiled wire arm suspending decorated gold, polished garnet, pearl and composition beads below; assembled from elements. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970-2010.
Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
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LOT 0203
Western Asiatic Gold Bead Drop Earrings
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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Cassite Silver Cylinder Seal Pair
Circa 13th-12th century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,400
A pair of hollow-formed silver cylinder seals comprising: the smaller with frieze of tall slender figures flanking an ankh symbol; the larger with facetted outer face featuring a standing female with raised arm, plaited hair and hatched skirt, a standing male with dagger(?), three panels of cuneiform text; the smaller seal able to fit within the larger. 7.53 grams, 22 mm
From an important family collection. 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 lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11639-199231. -
Western Asiatic Gold Pendant
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
A gold pendant composed of a tubular body wrapped around a banded agate or other stone tubular bead, three projections below with conical tops, granulated lozenge to one face enclosing a central dome; ribbed suspension loop. 2.22 grams, 15 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Zoomorphic Cauldron
Hasanlu IV, circa 10th-8th century B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
A bronze calotte-shaped cauldron or basin with collared rectangular handles featuring scalloped grips along the upper edges, a pair of stylised bird of prey protomes beneath each, talons drawn up to their chests, bulging eyes, prominent hooked beaks, wings spread and fan-shaped tails. 679 grams, 23.5 cm wide
Ex Maurice Braham, 1970s. London collection, 1990s. Accompanied by previous typed and illustrated catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11640-199105.
A rare object. The limited number of parallels feature birds of a more schematic style. Only four published parallel cauldrons with bird protomes are known to exist. Given the quality of the ornament, such basis may have been used by members of the elite in Iron Age Iranian society, although their exact functions remains unclear. One 'orientalised' Etruscan bronze cauldron was found used as a cremation vessel, placed in a tumulus and associated with a localised 'heroic' burial context. Other feasible uses include high status drinking vessels or symbols of rank.
