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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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Western Asiatic Painted Spouted Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
A bulbous ceramic 'tea pot' with everted rim, bridged spout and strap handle, polychrome painted frieze composed of stylised trees, possibly animal beneath a canopy and figurative architectural form, bands and geometric motifs elsewhere, possibly phallus beneath the handle. 2.27 kg, 28 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Animal Seal and Weight Group
Late 1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £78
A group of two copper-alloy artefacts comprising: a discoid stamp seal with suspension lug to reverse, incuse winged and horned quadruped to base; and an 6th-9th century A.D. octagonal weight with pseudo(?) characters to both principal faces and each side facet. 26 grams total, 17-18 mm
Early 1990s London collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From a private collection, Lancashire, UK. -
Amlash Terracotta Amphora
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £229
A finely modelled red terracotta amphora featuring a globular body rising from a flat base, a short neck, and a wide, flaring rim; two applied handles extending from the shoulder to the rim with bird-head detailing. 1 kg, 22 cm high
Fine condition.
Acquired 1970s-1990s. Ex Pars Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK. From a specialist collection of pottery.
