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LOT 0852
Western Asiatic Pottery Jar with Birds
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 3/4 in. (806 grams, 17 cm wide).
A ceramic jar with rounded underside, trumpet-shaped neck and mouth; painted frieze of birds to the shoulder, solid bands above; rim chipped. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
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Opening Bid: £50
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Parthian Gold Earrings
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
A group of two similar crescentic gold earrings with slender hook-and-eye hoop, bifacial ornament with gold bulbs to the lower perimeter of both faces and top edges, adorned with pyramid and flower head granules to front face, granule clusters to the inner edge to front face, plain, beaded and striptwist filigree wire crescents to the body, with alternating granulates triangles and rectangles below, repeated on the reverse. 9.61 grams total, 32 mm wide each
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
