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LOT 1404
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/2 in. (510 grams, 88 mm).
With globular body and short cylindrical socket.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990-2000s.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Including large tanged, barbed, sword-shaped and other types. 222 grams total, 9.5-18.2 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Banded Alabaster Globular Jar
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Globular in profile with low neck and broad square-section rim; mineralised bronze deposit to base. 156 grams, 80 mm
Ex William Ohly, 1883-1955. Ex Abbey Museum, Barnet, by descent. -
Post-Sasanian Cut Glass Vase
Circa 9th-10th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Trumpet-shaped neck with facets to the outer face, broad shoulder and gently flared body with wheel-cut arcading to the sidewall; supplied in a custom-made display box. 222 grams, 14 cm
Private collection, UK.
The vessel belongs to the category of glass items with cut decoration. Usually, the neck of these vessels presents seven sides, the shoulder nine or eleven, between horizontal grooves. Arcade-like motifs adorn the body. The body presents nine, ten or eleven sides above the base.
