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LOT 1311
Western Asiatic Gold Earring Pair
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (3.18 grams, 20.5-21.8 mm).
Matched pair each with a split wire hoop, cell with beaded wire bands, hollow-formed biconvex finial. [2]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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LOT 1311
Western Asiatic Gold Earring Pair
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Granulated Gold Bead Set
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Mixed group of granulated beads with different sized holes. 3.25 grams total, 5-10 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Canaanite Double-Faced Kohl Pot
1300-1200 B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
With tapering square-section body, bulbous finial formed as two addorsed male masks, loop handle to each lateral face, trumpet-shaped mouth; with old collector's note 'double face perfume vessel / Ugarit (Ras Sharma) / date Middle Syrian Period / 1300/1200 BC / material: bronze / height: 8.5cm / Canaanite gods in metal'. 135 grams, 82 mm
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995. with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003. Property of a London based academic, 2003-present. Accompanied by an old handwritten identification note on Christie's headed paper. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Hunting Scene
Late 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
With frieze depicting a hunting scene with a lion leaping to attack a kilted hero with a kopis supported by a small figure holding an arrow, a stag and a standing kilted attendant with two javelins; animals and objects in the field; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.9 grams, 23 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
