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LOT 1325
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 1325
Western Asiatic Gold Earrings
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Qajar Glazed Plate with Hero
Late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Border of reserved running tendrils and leaves, central panel a horseman riding in a landscape; white horse with saddle blanket supporting a hero with plumed helmet and shield slung over his back, wielding a dagger in his left hand against a winged serpent wrapped around the rump and hindlegs of his horse, his right hand strangling another such beast; mounted in a wooden display frame. 5.2 kg, 44.5 x 45 cm
Ex private collection, UK. with Rosebery's, London, UK, 10 December 2013, no.1184. with Weber Kunsthandel, Cologne, Germany. -
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Large Mesopotamian Stone Stamp Seal with Lamassu
Circa 2000 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Plano-convex in section with broad face, incuse profile image of a lamassu (winged bull with a human head) with pellets and objects in the field. 70 grams, 59 mm
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Tell Halaf Idol of a Seated Mother Goddess
4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Modelled in the round as a seated female with pinched facial features, hands pressed flat beneath the breasts, legs flexed; traces of pigment detailing to the face and collar; repaired. 57 grams, 77 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.
