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A PAIR OF bAcTRIAN gOld hAIR ORNAMMeNTs
Ancient region of Bactria, Kushan period or earlier, 100 BC-100 AD. The gold
hair ornaments cut out from gold foil with long gold hooks at the top. They likely
come from Tomb VII or VIII at Tillya Tepe, as these tombs were not excavated
due to civil war and later raided by the Afghan population and distributed among
their families.

Provenance: Private collection of a German artist and collector living in
Southeast Asia, assembled over decades through purchases in Mazar-i-Sharif
and at the Afghan market in Peshawar.
condition: Good condition with minor traces of age and wear, some minor
bending and creasing.

Weight: 5.0 g
Dimensions: Length 13.1 and 12.9 cm
estimate euR 600
Starting price EUr 300

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A bAcTRIAN gOld ‘cResceNT MOON’ hAIR ORNAMeNT

Ancient region of Bactria, Kushan period or earlier, 100 BC-100 AD. The gold hair
ornament consisting of a larger and a smaller crescent moon-shaped element
as well as two leaf-shaped elements, all cut out from gold foil, the larger crescent
moon with a gold loop on the reverse. This piece likely comes from Tomb VII or
VIII at Tillya Tepe, as these tombs were not excavated due to civil war and later
raided by the Afghan population and distributed among their families.
Provenance: Private collection of a German artist and collector living in
Southeast Asia, assembled over decades through purchases in Mazar-i-Sharif
and at the Afghan market in Peshawar.
condition: Good condition with minor traces of age and wear, some minor
bending and creasing.
Weight: 3.7 g
Dimensions: Length 5.7 cm

Literature comparison: Similar pieces are published in Baktrisches Gold: Aus
den Ausgrabungen der Nekropole von Tillya-Tepe in Nordafghanistan, page 82,
Aurora Kunstverlag Leningrad 1985.
estimate euR 400
Starting price EUr 200

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sIX bAcTRIAN gOld dIsKs
Ancient region of Bactria, Kushan period or earlier, 100 BC-100 AD. The gold
disks cut out from gold foil with gold loops to the reverse. The disks were likely
originally sewn to a dress of a Kushan lady. They likely come from Tomb VII or
VIII at Tillya Tepe, as these tombs were not excavated due to civil war and later
raided by the Afghan population and distributed among their families.
Provenance: Private collection of a German artist and collector living in
Southeast Asia, assembled over decades through purchases in Mazar-i-Sharif
and at the Afghan market in Peshawar.
condition: Good condition with minor traces of age and wear, some minor
bending and creasing.

Weight: 11.3 g (total)
Dimensions: Diameter 4 cm (each)
Literature comparison: Similar disks are published in Frederic Hiebert and Pierre
Cambon, Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul,
pages 260/261, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. 2008, as well as
in Baktrisches Gold: Aus den Ausgrabungen der Nekropole von Tillya-Tepe in
Nordafghanistan, page 66, Aurora Kunstverlag Leningrad 1985.

estimate euR 1,600
Starting price EUr 800

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