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LOT 1498
Western Asiatic Sun-Ray Gold Pendant
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/8 in. (0.09 grams, 9 mm).
Formed of sheet-gold with a serrated edge and integral suspension loop. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private British collection, formed in the 1980s.
Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman.
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Sumerian Stone Statue Fragment
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Carved in the round figure of a lion crouching on its haunches, with neck arched and forepaws resting on the spine (upper edge) of an animal placed perpendicular to the lion's head biting into its flesh; the D-shaped face with teardrop-shaped sockets for the eyes, button nose, small triangular ears; the prey with legs folded beneath the body, head turned along the lion's mane and left shoulder, with small protrusive horn and ear, oval socket for the eye; integral base with rounded lateral edges, fracture at each end. 340 grams, 85 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed mainly of oblate beads; restrung. 11.62 grams, 37 cm long
Ex North London collection from the 1980s-1990s. Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a Den of Antiquity certificate of authenticity. -
Mesopotamian Black Stone Four-Sided Seal with Heads and Animals
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Rectangular in section with incuse design to each face: running feline; crouching figure with arms spread; rearing quadruped; advancing figure in tall headdress; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.66 grams, 18.16 mm
From the private collection of the late Mr W. Magee, Hartlepool, County Durham, UK, 1960s-1990s, thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous cataloguing information card.
