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LOT 1422
Western Asiatic Silver Amulet
12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.16 grams, 21 mm).
Formed as a splayed animal figure with an integral loop. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Western Asiatic and Other Green Glass Bead Necklace
20th century A.D. and earlierEstimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £126
A restrung designer necklace including Roman green and yellow 'date heads', Venetian striped 'watermelon' chevron beads. 36.3 grams, 43 cm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Talisman Pendant
Circa 9th-13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Hexagonal in plan with rounded sides ornamented with a row of roundels, holed at the top; inscribed legend to both faces. 51.9 grams, 51 mm
Formerly in an old French collection. Ex Marc Labarbe, Toulouse France. Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Comprising tanged arrowheads, four with large elongated triangular blades and raised midrib, sharp central groove, one triangular type with barbed shoulders and flat tang, six with barbed shoulders and cylindrical stem with handle for the shaft; two with squared shoulders and rectangular stem with handle for the shaft, one with leafed blade, two with barbed shoulder and flat tang, one with flat blade, one with short triangular head and handle for the shaft, and another with short tang and trilobate blade with raised midrib. 221 grams total, 4.2-13.6 cm
London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Some of these arrowheads seem to belong to the type V, subcategory types A, B, C and D according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik, and Northern Iran, individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C with barbed shoulders and D with round shoulders. Most of them were cast in moulds.
