MAINLY EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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A GROUP OF SIX PERSIAN BRONZE PINS
MAINLY EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
One with terminal in the form of an ibex and a man with arms outspread; another, similar, with ibex terminal; two further pins with animal-head terminals; another with cuboid head with suspension wire threaded with cornelian, faience and glass beads, 67/8 in. (17.5 cm.) long max.; a larger bronze rod terminating in an ibex head, tip of horns missing, 9¼ in. (23.5 cm) long; a Persian bronze phiale, with central omphalos, the exterior with twenty-six repoussé interlocking lotus flowers between twenty-six petals, 8th-6th Century B.C., 61/8 in. (15.4 cm.) diam.; another bronze bowl with flaring lip, the interior with a central chased sixteen-petalled rosette in low relief, late 8th-7th Century B.C., 65/8 in. (16.9 cm.) diam.; a Persian bronze axe-head, late 3rd millennium B.C., 4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long; a marble mace head with three snakes and three shallow bosses in relief; another with bosses and cross-hatching, 23/8 in. (6 cm.) high max., circa 2nd millennium B.C.; and a white and grey veined stone bowl with pierced lug handles, early 3rd millennium B.C., 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high (12)
MAINLY EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
One with terminal in the form of an ibex and a man with arms outspread; another, similar, with ibex terminal; two further pins with animal-head terminals; another with cuboid head with suspension wire threaded with cornelian, faience and glass beads, 67/8 in. (17.5 cm.) long max.; a larger bronze rod terminating in an ibex head, tip of horns missing, 9¼ in. (23.5 cm) long; a Persian bronze phiale, with central omphalos, the exterior with twenty-six repoussé interlocking lotus flowers between twenty-six petals, 8th-6th Century B.C., 61/8 in. (15.4 cm.) diam.; another bronze bowl with flaring lip, the interior with a central chased sixteen-petalled rosette in low relief, late 8th-7th Century B.C., 65/8 in. (16.9 cm.) diam.; a Persian bronze axe-head, late 3rd millennium B.C., 4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long; a marble mace head with three snakes and three shallow bosses in relief; another with bosses and cross-hatching, 23/8 in. (6 cm.) high max., circa 2nd millennium B.C.; and a white and grey veined stone bowl with pierced lug handles, early 3rd millennium B.C., 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high (12)
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