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LOT 0979
Western Asiatic Gold Pendant with Turquoise
LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
3/8 in. (0.17 grams, 8.30 mm).
Comprising a turquoise-coloured glass bead, encased inside a gold fitting with a suspension loop. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Cambon, P., Hidden Afghanistan, Amsterdam, 2007, pp.155ff, for turquoise jewellery and garment appliques.
FootnotesA great number of turquoise jewellery was employed by the Kushans, as shown by the marvellous finds of Tillya Tepe. In grave I the remains of a noblewoman show complex garment decoration, making use of bracteates, including triangles of gold with a granulated finish, double lozenges in turquoise, lapis lazuli and pyrites, and a square bracteate with turquoise inlaid work.
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Opening Bid: £2,500
Matched pair of hollow-formed gold pendants, each a bull's head modelled in the round with rosette to the rear and hoop. 5.39 grams total, 23-24 mm
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2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
With cylindrical body and lug handles, reserved stylised images on each side comprising two deer facing a palm tree. 805 grams, 19 cm wide
Fine condition.
French collection, 1990s-early 2000s. Mediterranean archaeology, Asia, Prehistory & Curiosities Sale, Vermot & Associés, Paris, 18 July 2020, lot 329. From an important Paris gallery, France. Ex private Parisian collection.
The motif of deer facing a palm tree appear on the ceramics from Harappa. The motif of the deer and sacred tree was widespread throughout the Oxus Valley, as well as in the ancient cultures of Bactria and Margiana.
