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LOT 1620
Western Asiatic Gold Flower-Shaped Pendant
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/8 in. (0.40 grams, 10 mm).
Formed as a six-petalled flower with two loops on the reverse, each petal formed as a cell to accept an inlay. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private British collection, formed in the 1980s.
Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman.
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Urartu Bull-Headed Bronze Cauldron Applique Pair
8th century B.C.Estimate: £12,000 - 17,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £6,000
Matched pair of bovine-head mounts, each formed as a pair of D-shaped wings and a tail with low-relief feather detailing and holes to accept rivets; central head and neck of a bull with prominent horns, bands of curly hair to the plate and throat, large scaphoid eyes, incised contour detailing to muzzle, socket to reverse. 790 grams total, 8-13 cm wide
From the warehouse of Lane Hope Ltd, London, UK, 1980s (company dissolved December 1991). Private collection, UK; anonymous sale, Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Auction 206, 20 June 2012, no.85. European private collection, acquired at Gorny & Mosch, 2012. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.6210.AM. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Gorny & Mosch catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12696-234610.
The fittings would have formed a part of four to the rim of a large bronze cauldron. Urartu was centred in eastern Anatolia, around Lake Van; the capital, Tushpa, was located on the eastern shore of the lake, situated on a high and elongated rock outcrop. Most sites boasted a well-built temple situated at the highest point, as well as a number of large storage rooms containing rows of large vessels for storing oil and grains, and massive, well-built fortification walls. -
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Fatimid Sapphire Chess Piece
Circa 9th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Columnar type with facetted sidewall, hatching. 3.29 grams, 16 mm
Ex Oasis Art, London, UK, 1990-2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13289-253293. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising eleven tanged triangular arrowheads, most with a raised midrib, and a tanged javelin head. 309 grams total, 8-20.7 cm
London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Most of these blades are bipartite, but the definition of the bipartite type is not absolute, as it brings together weapons of very different and unrelated designs. In fact, some weapons do not have a sufficiently characteristic shape to be interpreted as a javelin or long arrowhead.
