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LOT 1207
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Animal and Other Artefact Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 3/4 in. (160 grams total, 24-46 mm).
Including a cat's head, a crouching lion, a dog and other designs. [7]
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
PublishedCf. for similar ancient works in rock crystal Whitehouse, D., Islamic glass in the Corning Museum of Glass,New York, 2010, fig.588ff.
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LOT 1207
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Animal and Other Artefact Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising fourteen tanged arrowheads, including some with barbs. 330 grams total, 7.8-18.7 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Graduated group composed of mixed beads and pendants, restrung. 59 grams, 38.5 cm
Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. Ex private West County, UK, collection. -
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
4th-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Comprising: frieze with three robed figures flanking a hatched column; two ibexes contending with looped necks, standing bird behind; deeply cut linear image of rearing ibexes; shallow-cut image of a hero with raised arm fending off a winged gryphon, star in the field; frieze with facing hero wrestling two rearing beasts; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 28.7 grams total, 18-32 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
