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LOT 0953
Western Asiatic Gold Earring Group
LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
3/8 - 1 in. (6.69 grams total, 10-27 mm).
A mixed group of seven gold hoop earrings comprising: an example composed of a coiled wire and bead bezel; one with hollow-formed capsule-shaped bulb decorated with a medial twisted wire collar; a crescentic hoop with granulated pyramids to the lower edge and one loop; hollow-formed crescentic earring with coiled collars; a flat-section crescent with hook-and-eye closure; a hollow-formed crescent-shaped earring with expanded central section and remains of hinge closure; hoop with single granulations to lower body, triangular plaque below, dangle comprising gold granulated beads and pearl and facetted blue bead, possibly of stone; including fragmentary examples. [7]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970-2010.
Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
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LOT 0953
Western Asiatic Gold Earring Group
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Ur III Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Relating to Food Distribution
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A fragment of a pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with neatly impressed columns of cuneiform text, accounting of Ur III food distribution, representing wages. 82 grams, 67 mm
Fine condition.
Ex UK art market, 1970s. Property of a London gentleman. -
Islamic Marble Sundial Made By Sheikh Abol Hassan Mansor Saif
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
A rare rectangular marble shadow clock or sundial with three chamfered edges, scrolls and foliate tendrils framing panels of Kufic script to the sides reading, to the left 'Mohammed is his messenger of God' and to the right 'There is no God but Allah'; also inscribed with the maker's name to the front: Sheikh Abol Hassan Mansor Saif; with a sun dial to the upper face framed by a rope border; copper-alloy spike to the upper face to accept the gnomon. 64.7 kg, 71 cm wide
From an important Paris gallery, France. with Antiquite Brocante Chateau, Vente Encher, 6 March 2009. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13022-199340. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
A mixed group of mainly glass, shell and stone beads of oblate and annular types. 125 grams total, 3-9 mm
Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.