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LOT 1118
Western Asiatic Gold Earrings
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (5.48 grams total, 18-19 mm).
Matched pair, crescentic with chamfered profile, granule cluster to the apex. [2]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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LOT 1118
Western Asiatic Gold Earrings
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Engraved Amuletic Stone
20th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Carnelian slab with incised bird and fish images, calligraphic text to border and between figures. 49.8 grams, 50 mm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971. -
Mesopotamian Gold 'Butterfly' Bead
4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Flat bead formed from two sheets of gold, discoid with a trapezoidal spur to each end. 3.01 grams, 35 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Luristan Bronze Implement Collection
Bronze Age, 13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Including a net-needle with pierced centre and ball finial, applicator with bull's head finial, dress-pin with scrolled finial and other items. 47 grams total, 8.5-12.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
