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ANE37 A Persian bronze arrowhead, c. 8th Century B.C. : £ 40A Persian tanged triangular bronze arrowhead with pronounced central rib, measuring 2.5 ins./64 mm in length. Arrowhead has an uneven dark green patina, the tang corroded, but condition generally good, c. 8th Century B.C.Ex Trevor Cairns Collection.
Mr. Trevor Cairns was Head of the History Department at Sunderland College of Education, United Kingdom. He built up a collection of ancient bronze weapons in the 1960-1970's.ANE38 A small Persian buff pottery storage jar, decorated with birds, c. 2nd Millennium B.C. : £ 185 RESERVED
A small Persian buff pottery storage jar, the spherical body slightly carinated at the shoulder, with flat base and everted rim. The vessel decorated in umber slip with long-necked water birds separated with stack of chevrons, and umber bands above, below and around the rim. Vessel measures 67 mm/2.7 ins. high. Some encrustation on the base, two large chips to the rim (one rather crudely repaired), but the decoration remarkably fresh, c. 2nd Millennium B.C.ANE39 A Near Eastern bronze archer's ring, c. 8th Century B.C. : £ 90A Near Eastern bronze archer's ring with incised linear decoration, measuring 1.5 ins./40 mm in diameter. Some green encrustation, but condition good, c. 8th Century B.C.Previously in the possession of Frances Brodie, London (d.18.11.04), who acquired the ring from her Aunt Cora Warden Baker.ANE40 A Persian tanged bronze leaf-shaped arrowhead, c. 8th Century B.C. : £ 50A Persian tanged bronze leaf-shaped arrowhead with sharp central rib, measuring 5 ins./129 mm in length. The tip of the point lost and some corrosion and edge nicks to the edges, but good metal, c. 8th Century B.C.Ex Trevor Cairns Collection.ANE41 A small Palestinian pottery bowl, Late Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age (EBI), c. 3500-3000 B.C. : SOLD
A small Palestinian hemispherical pottery bowl in coarse buff ware, with a single row of pricked decoration below the rim, measuring 40 mm/1.5 ins. high and 98 mm/3.8 ins. in diameter. Some minor overall surface wear, otherwise condition good. Late Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age (EBI), c. 3500-3000 B.C. From Jordan.Ex Peter Negus Collection.ANE42 A small Palestinian pottery bowl, Early Bronze Age (EBI), c. 3300-3000 B.C. : £ 75A small Palestinian carinated pottery bowl in red slip ware, measuring 33 mm/1.2 ins. high and 102 mm/4 ins. in diameter. The slip worn and some encrustation, particularly on the exterior, but sound. Early Bronze Age (EBI), c. 3300-3000 B.C. From Southern Jordan.Ex Peter Negus Collection.ANE43 A fine Persian bronze arrowhead, c. 8th Century B.C. : £ 65 A Persian tanged bronze triangular arrowhead with central rib, measuring 5.2 ins./131 mm in length. Arrowhead has a dark green patina and is a very nice example, c. 8th Century B.C.Ex Trevor Cairns Collection.ANE44 A small Palestinian redware bowl, Early Bronze Age (EBI), c. 3300-3000 B.C. : £ 90A small Palestinian redware bowl with flaring sides and a small flat dimpled base, measuring 48 mm/1.7 ins. high and 97 mm/3.9 ins. in diameter. Some spotting overall, one rim chip, otherwise condition good. Early Bronze Age (EBI), c. 3300-3000 B.C.From a cemetery in the region of Bab edh 'Dhra, Jordan.
Ex Peter Negus Collection.
Bab edh 'Dhra is the site of an Early Bronze Age city, located near the Dead Sea in Wadi Araba, and has been suggested as a candidate for the location of the Biblical city of Sodom.ANE45 A Near Eastern pierced stone loom weight, c. 1st Millennium B.C. : SOLD
A Near Eastern pierced stone loom weight, measuring 1.5 ins./39 mm in diameter, a six incised petals design on each side. Some minor overall wear, but condition good, c. 1st Millennium B.C. Previously in the possession of Frances Brodie, London (d.18.11.04), who acquired the weight from her Aunt Cora Warden Baker.
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ANE37: £40
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ANE38: £ 185 |
ANE39: £90
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ANE40: £50
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ANE41: SOLD
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ANE42: £75
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ANE43: £65
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ANE44: £90
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ANE45: SOLD
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