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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE GOOSE HEAD
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
With S-shaped neck and long beak, 7.5cm high
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£250-£350
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TWENTY EGYPTIAN LAPIS LAZULI AMULETS
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Including a djed pillar, ten standing deities, two squatting gods, two pyramid-shaped seals, a writing tablet amulet and a sun-disc, three fragmentary figures, 8mm-29mm (20)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
Literature: for a similar example of pyramid-shaped seals, cf. C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl. 99f.
£350-£450
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ELEVEN EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION UDJAT EYE AMULETS
Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-702 B.C.
Including a yellow example of multiple eye amulet, some amulets with details added in relief, all pierced for suspension, 2cm-5cm long (11)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£300-£400
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THIRTEEN EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AND STEATITE AMULETS
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.
Including an amulet of Harpocrates, one of Bes and a miniature vessel, all with yellow spots, a sitting cat, an enthroned Isis, a scaraboid in the shape of a duck, a finely carved steatite amulet of Taueret, and other examples, 8mm-22mm (13)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£450-£550
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AN EGYPTIAN GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION PLAQUE
Late Period, Saite, circa 664-525 B.C.
With four crocodiles in a row, 3.8cm long
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
Literature: for a complete example with seven crocodiles, cf. C. Andrews, 'Amulets of Ancient Egypt', 1994, p.93, pl. 93g.
£100-£200
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TWENTY-NINE EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS, BEADS AND FRAGMENTS
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Including fourteen miniature udjat eye amulets with details added in black, 8mm-11mm long; a miniature falcon, a fragment of a uraeus with arms, five beads of different shape and other amulets and fragments, 8mm-40mm long (29)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£100-£200
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THIRTY-TWO EGYPTIAN GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION BEADS
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.
Of rectangular shape, with a double cross impressed on both sides and notches along the edge, all pierced for suspension, 18mm-20mm long (32)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£400-£600
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A GROUP OF MISCELLANEOUS EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES
Late Period to Islamic Period
Including a polychrome wood body of a bird, 10cm long; a dummy mummy ibis head and neck, composed of straws, thread and bandages, 10cm long; four eye inlays including a bronze example, two marble sclerae, and a marble and obsidian example, 3cm-6.5cm long; three stone and bone gaming pieces, 18mm-52mm long; a bone pipe with bronze inlays, 9cm long; a composite stone vessel with domed stopper, 5cm high; a calcite head fragment with ear, 5cm long; three cartonnage fragments including a column of hieroglyphs and two small aegis, 10cm max length; and a quantity of inscribed papyrus fragments; together with a green schist palette, 14cm long, Not Ancient (a lot)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£400-£600
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TWO EGYTPIAN SILVER BRACELETS
The small silver rings secured to a rope support, approx 6.5cm diam (2)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£250-£350
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A CORINTHIAN TERRACOTTA EXALEIPTRON
Circa 6th Century B.C.
Decorated with two bands of black dots and plain umber bands and a row of black triangles on the inturned rim, the inside decorated with a spiral with seven arms inside the tondo, surrounded by black slip, with alternating bands of black and umber on the underside, with ribbon handle and flaring foot, 18cm diam. excl. handle
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£600-£800
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURE HANDLE FRAGMENT
Circa 5th Century B.C.
Decorated with a palmette, 15.5cm long
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£300-£500
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT TERRACOTTA VESSEL FRAGMENTS
Chalcolithic Period to Roman Period, circa 6th Millennium B.C. - 2nd Century A.D.
Including Attic black figure fragments showing horses, athletes and palmettes, a red figure fragment with gilded decoration, two Villanovan impasto fragments, a Roman miniature throne and three other vessels, and a number of Early Chalcolithic Anatolian fragments decorated with geometric patterns in red paint, approx 1.5cm-12.5cm long (59)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
Literature: for a similar example of Roman terracotta throne, possibly a votive offer linked to the cult of the Empty Throne, cf. Charles Ede Ltd, Ancient Terracotta Sculpture XVI, March 2000, no.50.
£350-£450
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A FRAGMENTARY ATTIC BLACK FIGURE SIANA CUP
Circa first half of the 6th Century B.C.
The exterior decorated on both sides with a procession of draped bearded men holding a spear and nude youths, possibly spectators at a contest, with details incised and added with red paint, the tondo with two facing draped bearded men in conversation, 25cm diam
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
Literature: it has been suggested that this Siana cup is perhaps the work of the Heidelberg Painter, circa 575-555 B.C. Together with the C Painter he is considered one of the most important painters of Siana cups and his works often focus on the representation of the human figure. For another similar example, cf. Munich, Antikensammlungen, 7739, Brijder, H., Siana Cups II, The Heidelberg Painter, Allard Pierson Series 8, Amsterdam, 1991, p.349, fig.88, pl.133.
£2,000-£3,000
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A PAIR OF GREEK BRONZE KANTHAROI
Circa 4th Century B.C.
With flaring mouth on raised foot, the two upturned handles with finely cast leaf attachment plates, the handles partially restored, 11cm high (2)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£2,000-£3,000
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A GROUP OF CLASSICAL BRONZE ARTEFACTS
Circa 8th Century B.C - 3rd Century A.D.
Including two Hellenistic vessel handles with palmette, 5.5cm long; a Hellenistic jug spout with rotellae and over-arching handle, 11cm long; a plain Roman mirror, 10.5cm diam; a Roman sieve, the handle with swan head terminal, 26.5cm long; four Greek Geometric votive double-axe pendants and one in the shape of a stylised cockerel, 5cm-10cm long; two Roman medical implements, including a drill and a pin, 11cm-15.5cm long; a miniature double axe, 4.5cm long; the tip of a life size finger with detail of the nail, 4cm long; a D-shaped fibula, 4cm long; a miniature comb, 4cm long; and three other Greek vessel components (20)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£500-£700
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THREE GREEK BRONZE MINIATURE VESSELS
Circa 6th-3rd Century B.C.
Including an offering dish on raised foot with concentric groves on the inside, 5cm diam; and two jugs with flaring spouts and over-arching handle, 3.2cm-3.8cm high (3)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£300-£500
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A ROMAN LIMESTONE MALE PORTRAIT HEAD
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Naturalistically carved, depicting an elder man with prominent forehead, deeply-inset eyes, and pointed chin, with short receding hair, the back roughly hewn, 28.5cm high
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£1,000-£1,500
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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE OFFERING TABLE
Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
Of shallow round shape, with slightly raised edge, 48.5cm diam
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£1,000-£1,500
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A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF HERA
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
The goddess depicted wearing a long chiton pinned over the right shoulder and knotted at the waist, wearing an incised necklace and a diadem, the ears pierced for now-missing earrings, her left hand held out to support a now-missing attribute, possibly a patera, the right arm raised to hold a long staff, 19cm high
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
Literature: for another bronze figure of Hera, cf. British Museum Collection, inventory number, 1856, 1226.637.
£3,000-£5,000
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A ROMAN BRONZE CAULDRON
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Of hemispherical shape with slightly infolded rim and two bands in relief below, on three feet in the shape of scallop shells, the body and the feet not belonging, 30.5cm diam
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£400-£600
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A ROMAN GREEN GLASS CUP
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
With squat hemispherical body and folded rim, on a ring foot, 7cm diam
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£150-£250
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TWO ETRUSCAN AMBER BEADS
Circa 500 B.C.
One in the shape of the head of a kore, with archaic features, 3cm long; and another disc bead with central piercing for suspension, 4.5cm diam (2)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£200-£300
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SIXTEEN ROMAN HARDSTONE INTAGLIOS AND A BANDED AGATE BEAD
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Of red jasper, carnelian and agate, carved with different subjects including portrait heads, deities, an Eros riding in a chariot, and animals including a lion, a hare and birds, and a tear-shaped banded agate bead, 7mm-18mm long; and seven other intaglios, Not Ancient (24)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£700-£900
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A LARGE GROUP OF HARDSTONE, GLASS AND SHELL BEADS
Circa 2nd Millennium B.C. to Islamic Period
Including garnet spherical beads, carnelian beads of spherical, tear and other geometric shapes, a necklace of shell spacer disc beads, and other examples of banded agate and green glass (a lot)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£300-£500
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FIVE ANCIENT BEAD NECKLACES
Circa 2nd Millennium B.C. to Islamic Period
All restrung, including a necklace composed of natural red coral beads and blue glass triangular beads; another necklace of tubular red coral beads; and three other examples composed of glazed composition tubular and mummy beads, hardstone spherical beads and glass beads with trail decoration (5)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£400-£600
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AN ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN BANDED AGATE BEAD NECKLACE
Circa 2nd Millennium B.C.
Restrung, composed of graduated barrel-shaped beads, 49cm long
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£200-£300
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A GROUP OF ROMAN AMETHYST, ROCK CRYSTAL AND GARNET BEADS
Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
Of spherical, biconical and tear shape, some restrung into a necklace and a bracelet with modern string, 4mm-19mm long (a lot)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£300-£500
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT BEADS AND GLASS FRAGMENTS
Circa 6th Century B.C. to Islamic Period and later
Including five Phoenician glass eye beads, a group of Roman gold sandwich glass beads, an Ancient Near Eastern glass pendant with three eyes, a turquoise glass figure possibly representing Harpokrates, and a number of Roman and Islamic glass beads and some later (a lot)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£350-£450
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STONE BEADS AND SEALS
Circa late 4th Millennium B.C. to 7th Century A.D.
Including two Anatolian seals engraved with animals; a schist cosmetic palette handle in the shape of a female body; a black steatite zoomorphic attachment with dot-and-circle decoration; two Sasanian seals; and a variety of beads and pendants, 1.2cm-7cm long; and a bronze duck weight, possibly Not Ancient (19)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£100-£200
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT BRONZE ITEMS
Late Period to Islamic Period
Including an Egyptian Osiris amulet, two Roman eagles, a reclining calf, a spoon, a dog's head, a fish fragment, six rings and other examples, 1.5cm-10cm long; and a cross, possibly Not Ancient (17)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£200-£300
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TWENTY-NINE ANCIENT TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS
Neolithic Period to Roman Period, circa 3rd Millennium B.C. to 3rd Century A.D.
Including a Romano-Egyptian bust of Zeus-Serapis, a Romano-Egyptian frog lamp, a Greek seated goddess, two fragments from a male torso and a left hand, two Hellenistic female heads, a Canosan stucco head with high headdress, a Cypriot snowman torso and a head, six Neolithic Ancient Near Eastern fertility idol fragments and other heads, and other fragments, 3cm-11cm long (29)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£400-£600
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A GROUP OF MISCELLANEOUS ANTIQUITIES
Late Period to Islamic Period
Including a Romano-Egyptian plaster head, 4cm long; a group of Egyptian glazed composition mummy beads; an Islamic glass bangle, 7cm diam; a Byzantine bronze weight inlaid with a cross, 3.5cm long; a small group of beads and fragments; and a marble snake, possibly Not Ancient (a lot)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£100-£200
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SEVEN ROMANO-EGYPTIAN AND COPTIC SILVER AND BRONZE AMULETS
Circa 1st-6th Century A.D.
Including a Romano-Egyptian bronze amulet of Bastet wearing a long tunic; two Romano-Egyptian silver repousse' pendants in the shape of a draped female figure and another round pendant engraved with a jackal; and three Coptic silver pendants shaped as stylised human figures, 2cm-4cm long (7)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£300-£500
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT BRONZE AND SILVER COINS AND A TERRACOTTA MOULD
Circa 1st-7th Century A.D. and later
(a lot)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£250-£350
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AN ANCIENT MARBLE IDOL
Bronze Age, circa 4th-1st Millennium B.C.
Crescent-shaped with central prong, pierced through at the centre with remains of bronze, 7.5cm long
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£150-£250
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A SUMERIAN RED STONE STAMP SEAL
Jemdet Nasr Period, circa 3100-2900 B.C.
Carved in the shape of a reclining calf, with round hollow eyes, the underside carved with bands of zig zag, 4cm long
Provenance: English private collection, London, acquired in the 1990s.
£200-£300
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A WESTERN ASIATIC LAPIS LAZULI AND GOLD BEAD NECKLACE
Circa late 3rd Millennium B.C.
Restrung with modern clasp, composed of small tubular beads interspersed with gold spacer beads and lapis lazuli disc beads, with a central lapis lazuli concave disc pendant, some of the beads Not Ancient, 49cm long
Provenance: English private collection, purchased from Shirley Warren Antique Glass, Surrey, in 1992. Accompanied by a copy of the invoice dated 12 April 1992, mentioning previous correspondence with the British Museum regarding the necklace in July 1988.
£400-£600
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AN ACHAEMENID REVIVAL ROCK CRYSTAL JANIFORM PENDANT
Finely carved with two lion heads, with detailed manes and teeth, with a suspension hoop, 15mm long
£250-£350
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A BACTRIAN ALABASTER RITUAL OBJECT
Circa late 3rd - early 2nd Millennium B.C.
Of typical waisted cylindrical shape with a groove across each flat face, 26.5cm high
Provenance: English private collection, London, acquired in the early 1960s.
£700-£900
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A LURISTAN BRONZE MASTER OF ANIMALS FINIAL
Iran, circa 10th-8th Century B.C.
With janiform head, battling two zoomorphic figures, 14.5cm high; mounted with a Luristan bronze pin
Provenance: Michael Hope Collection, London, acquired during WWII whilst posted in the Middle East, thence by descent. Michael Hope was a famous industrialist and his glass production company provided materials for many high profile projects in the country, including the BT tower in London.
£300-£400
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TWO PERSIAN BRONZE TORCS
Both solid-cast of penannular shape, with incised geometric decoration, the larger example with thick body tapering towards the terminals, 12cm-15cm diam (2)
Provenance: English private collection, acquired from Phillips, London, in the 1980s.
£60-£80
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SEVENTEEN LURISTAN BRONZE ARTEFACTS
Iran, circa 11th-8th Century B.C.
Including four arrowheads, and thirteen hair pins, one with spherical openwork terminal, three with incised decoration, the other plain with central eyelet, 9cm-28.5cm long (17)
Provenance: Silk Collection, London, formed in the 1950s.
£100-£200
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A GROUP OF TWELVE PERSIAN BRONZE ARTEFACTS
Iran, circa 10th-7th Century B.C. and later
Including a piriform vessel with long flaring spout, 21cm high; three pins, one with a zoomorphic terminal half horse and half bull, the other two with geometric projections, 10.5cm-24cm long; an openwork finial with an ibex, 8cm long; two plain round dishes, 12.8cm diam; two axeheads, one with an octagonal butt, 10cm-12cm long; two animal figures and a rattle, 4cm-6cm long (12)
Provenance: various European collections formed in the 1940s-1970s, including the Erlenmeyer Collection, the H. Abarbanell Collection, and a private German collection.
£100-£150
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A GROUP OF PERSIAN SILVER AND BRONZE ARTEFACTS
Iran, circa 8th-7th Century B.C.
Including a pair of silver penannular bracelets with multifaceted terminals, 9cm diam; a bronze belt of twisted wire and flattened terminals, 22.5cm diam; a solid-cast penannular armlet with incised decoration, 13cm diam; and an axehead, 12cm long; and a later silver chain ornament (6)
Provenance: English private collection, Mayfair, acquired in the 1970s.
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AN ISLAMIC GLASS AND HARDSTONE BEAD NECKLACE
Circa 8th-11th Century A.D.
Composed of irregular pale green feldspar beads, with a central opaque black glass bead with blue trail, flanked by two stone round beads and two translucent pale blue glass beads, 42cm long
£80-£120
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A CORAL, TURQUOISE AND MUMMY BEAD NECKLACE
Composed of small round cabochon turquoise beads, long tubular coral beads and spacer and tubular green glazed composition mummy beads, all mounted together in four different rows, with small bell terminals, 36cm long
Provenance: English private collection, formed before 1960.
£80-£120
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AN OTTOMAN EMBROIDERED ENTARI
Turkey, circa 1900
Finely embroidered with gold, purple, red and pale blue floral motifs on a green background, with scalloped edges, 140cm high
£500-£800
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AN OTTOMAN APPLIQUE' COTTON 'KHAYAMIYA' TENTMAKER'S PANEL
Egypt, circa 1900
Of rectangular shape, decorated with applied polychrome patches forming a square panel at the bottom and two roundels in the centre with petal motifs, and an inscription at the top, 175cm x 90cm
£200-£300
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A PERSIAN LACQUERED MIRROR CASE
Circa second half of the 18th Century A.D.
Decorated on the exterior with two portrait busts of European ladies, with floral motifs in the background, and on the interior showing Hebe proffering ambrosia to her father Zeus in the guise of an eagle, 14.3cm long
Provenance: Sotheby's London, The Sven Gahlin Collection, 6 October 2015, lot 145.
£120-£150
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A PAIR OF HELLENISTIC GOLD EARRINGS
Circa 3rd-2nd Century B.C.
Each with a figure of winged Eros, nude with the hands resting on the hips, the hoops composed of twisted wires tapering to a hook, each approx. 16mm diam (2)
Provenance: London deceased estate, Mr B., acquired before 2000.
£700-£900
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