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LOT 0189
Western Asiatic Gold Ring with Garnet
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (1.87 grams, 22.91 mm overall, 17.02 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).
Hollow-formed shank with applied wire coil, teardrop bezel with granules and inset cabochon garnet.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s.
From a deceased lady’s estate, by descent.
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LOT 0189
Western Asiatic Gold Ring with Garnet
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Amuletic Jade Pendant with Kufic Inscription
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Opening Bid: £67
Mottled stone engraved with Kufic text over three lines; integral suspension loop. 11 grams, 40 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. -
Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Group
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Each of the six fragments bearing cuneiform text or pictograms to at least one face. 93 grams total, 24-46 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. -
Proto-Elamite Silver Ibex Figurine
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
Modelled in the round in a resting position with its legs folded underneath the body; the head turned to the left, large curving horns, applied glass paste for the eyes; small loop to the back; repaired and mounted on a custom-made display stand. 222 grams total, 14 cm (including base)
Ex private collection, 1960s-1970s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. Accompanied by a copy of metallurgic analytical results, written by metallurgist Dr Peter Northover (ex Department of Materials, Materials Science-Based Archaeology Group & Department of Materials, University of Oxford). This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11743-202215.
Like the silver-gilt mountain goat in the Boston Museum, it is possible that this figure originally had applied gilded elements.
