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LOT 1186
Western Asiatic Granulated Gold Beads
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/4 in. (3.19 grams total, 6-7 mm).
Comprising drum-shaped beads with median bands of small granules within outer bands of larger granules, filigree circlet to one end. [2]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
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Luristan Bronze Zoomorphic Finial
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Formed as a bird with heater-shaped wings perched on a branch with coiled lateral tendrils and triangular panels. 72 grams, 94 mm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market, pre 1992. Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. -
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Sassanian Green Cut-Glass Cup
6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,460
Translucent with a roughly U-shaped cross-section, graduated decorative wheel-cut facets composed of larger circles to the base, followed by smaller ovals, lozenges and fan-shapes towards the neck. 185 grams, 91 mm
London art market, 1986. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.11887-206403.
A bowl of this type, produced in Sassanian Persia, is displayed in the Shosoin shrine in Nara, Japan, an evidence of early trade links between Persia and East Asia. -
Chalcolithic Terracotta Figure
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £702
Modelled in the round with columnar head and neck, pinched and impressed facial details, applied headdress, collar and calf-length skirt, stub arms. 173 grams, 17.5 cm high
From the property of the late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N122k33 from Oxford Authentication.
