A handle adorned at the ends with bovid protomata and a pendant adorned with three stylized heads. Marine and alabaster conch shell. Mesopotamia, Archaic Dynasty period, 3rd-2nd millennium B.C. L. handle: 11.5 cm; L. pendant: 3.5 cm Two necklace counterweights featuring temple doors decorated with crosses and striations. L.: 4 and 5 cm Provenance : - Former French collection established in the 1970s, then by descent. - Acquired from Galerie Serres in 1974 and 1975 (certificates). Two Mesopotamian Artefacts, Early Dynastic Period, 3rd-2nd Millennium BC
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A handle adorned at the ends with bovid protomata and a pendant adorned with three stylized heads. Marine and alabaster conch shell. Mesopotamia, Archaic Dynasty period, 3rd-2nd millennium B.C. L. handle: 11.5 cm; L. pendant: 3.5 cm Two necklace counterweights featuring temple doors decorated with crosses and striations. L.: 4 and 5 cm Provenance : - Former French collection established in the 1970s, then by descent. - Acquired from Galerie Serres in 1974 and 1975 (certificates). Two Mesopotamian Artefacts, Early Dynastic Period, 3rd-2nd Millennium BC

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A handle adorned at the ends with bovid protomata and a pendant adorned with three stylized heads. Marine and alabaster conch shell. Mesopotamia, Archaic Dynasty period, 3rd-2nd millennium B.C. L. handle: 11.5 cm; L. pendant: 3.5 cm Two necklace counterweights featuring temple doors decorated with crosses and striations. L.: 4 and 5 cm Provenance : - Former French collection established in the 1970s, then by descent. - Acquired from Galerie Serres in 1974 and 1975 (certificates). Two Mesopotamian Artefacts, Early Dynastic Period, 3rd-2nd Millennium BC
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ARCHAEOLOGY & ART OF ISLAM AND INDIA including the Philippe Magloire collection
Friday 7 July 2023・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
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