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LOT 1233
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Faience Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 3/8 in. (44 grams total, 2-35 mm).
Mixed shapes comprising mainly lapis lazuli beads and spacers mixed with terracotta beads from Africa. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Hong Kong collection, 1980-1990.
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Large Amlash Bronze Spouted Libation Vessel
Circa 1200-1000 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
With a thin-walled body and flaring foot, a separately made long spout rivetted to the body; the U-shaped spout resembling the beak of a bird with stylised linear feather detailing to the gracefully curving neck, eleven domed rivets to the edges; the base of the foot with concentric circle decoration. 736 grams, 47 cm
Acquired in the 1960s. From the collection of Mr Jay Gluck (1927-2000) & Mrs Sumi Hiramoto Gluck. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12061-214190.
Jay Gluck was an American archaeologist and specialist in the history of Persian art. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1949 in Archaeology and Middle Eastern Studies. In 1966 he became director of the Asia Institute of the Pahlavi University in Iran. He is also well known for republishing the work of Arthur Upham Pope, A Survey of Persian Art. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Cup with Procession of Ibexes
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Drum-shaped with narrow disc base, painted frieze of ibexes to the sidewall between concentric lines. 149 grams, 91 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Sassanian Engraved Silver Bowl
3rd-7th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Ellipsoid in plan with rounded underside and inturned rim; inner face with central image of a peacock executed in tremolier technique. 160 grams, 15 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
