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LOT 1427
Western Asiatic Silver and Bronze Dress Pin with Birds Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 5/8 in. (6.08 grams, 11.7 cm).
Comprising a silver round-section tapering shank, head formed as a pair of birds with three pierced ribbed triangular sections; bronze with round-section tapering shank, head formed as a pair of opposite facing birds with incised decoration. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of an Essex, UK, gentleman collector.
From the private collection of a Colchester, UK, gentleman.
See The British Museum, registration number 1880.3681.e., 1880.3711.b.
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LOT 1427
Western Asiatic Silver and Bronze Dress Pin with Birds Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Western Asiatic Amethyst Bead Necklace with Gold Beads
Circa 4th-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
A designer necklace composed of forty amethyst beads of various shapes and six gold spheres, decorated with granulation and spirals, forming opposed pelta patterns; with later openwork clasp. 69.6 grams, 52.5 cm
Acquired on European art market, 1990s. Private collection of Mr K.A., France. with Kallos Gallery, London. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13012-246749.
Amethyst was widely used in Graeco-Roman Egypt. We know that the amethyst mines of Abu Diyeiba, near Semna, were in use from the time of Ptolemy VI through to the Roman era. Pliny says that Indian amethysts were the best, but he also refers to amethysts from Egypt. The Egyptian amethysts are typically flawed and of a pale, almost pink, hue. They were seldom set in gold and were most usually made into beads. Ptolemaic and Roman inscriptions and artefacts have been found at amethyst mines in Egypt’s eastern deserts. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli and Other Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Composed of small tubular beads with a tabular pendant; restrung. 9.91 grams, 33 cm
From London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s. -
Elamite Bronze 'Pineapple' Macehead
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
A hollow-formed tubular neck with flared rim and segmented collar, bulb above with deep latticework effect, tapering finial with trumpet-shaped flange collar. 273 grams, 12.6 cm
Acquired in the mid-1980s to early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.
