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LOT 1200
Western Asiatic Lead Magical Disc
1ST CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (27.3 grams, 36 mm).
Discoid with rolled rim, central boss and frieze of profile figures between altars.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Twisted Bronze Bracelet
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Penannular in form with tapered ends, twisted rod format. 8.8 grams, 50 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Large Western Asiatic Burnished Redware Terracotta Vessel
Early Bronze Age I, 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Bell-shaped in profile with everted rim, band of pellets to the shoulder. 1.7 kg, 31 cm
From an important collection of Near Eastern pottery, pre 1980s. -
Luristan Bronze Mace Head
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Comprising a long cylindrical shaft with narrow flanged base, the upper section with three vertical relief panels decorated by round spikes alternated with wavy pattern, divided and bordered by two parallel ridges, similar band with three ridged horizontal grooves at the top and around the base. 357 grams, 19.3 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
This gorz mace head belongs to the category of truncheon-shaped mace-heads, a type developed on the Iranian plateau during the Bronze Age, used by Elamite and Luristan warriors since the 3rd millennium B.C. This category of objects was also interpreted as a part of a shaft, but most scholars agree on the interpretation of use as a mace.
