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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
Sold for (Inc. bp): £17,550
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,720
Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,400
Sold for (Inc. bp): £19,500
Sold for (Inc. bp): £18,200
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800
Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,450
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,050
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,000
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,420
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Sold for (Inc. bp): £36,400
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,050
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,400
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,900
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
Comprising beads of various types and sizes, including carnelian, quartz, agate and glass examples, together with spherical, oval, facetted, coin, drum and other shapes. 186 grams total, 6-37 mm

UK gallery, early 2000s.

The container with one rounded terminal, containing a rolled magical scroll bearing Aramaic text; a fragment of the roll adhering to the inside of the container. 37 grams total, 32-46 mm

Collected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.

Restrung; composedof polished stone, shell and glass beads of various types, including a number of decoratively ribbed examples. 20.1 grams, 46 cm long

UK gallery, early 2000s.

Lot No. 0927
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With double-edged triangular blade, short tang and three rivet holes for fastening to the organic hilt. 143 grams, 23.5 cm

Ex property of L.P.; previously acquired in the 1980s.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.

Accompanied by a previous dealer's certificate of authenticity.

See Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg (2003), pl.III, no.52, for a similar from Asia Minor.

Lot No. 0928
13
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Each with pierced body; engraved to the underside with an amphora, a hare, a bird and a star. 22.1 grams total, 11-21 mm

Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.

See Gyselen, R., Sasanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection, Acta Iranica 44, Herent, 2007.

Lot No. 0929
6
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A stylised representation with piercing for suspension. 2.43 grams, 24 mm

Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.

Accompanied by a previous dealer's certificate of authenticity.

Each polished and drilled for suspension, including quartz, tourmaline and carnelian. 44 grams total, 21-35 mm

UK gallery, early 2000s.

Composed of mainly opaque and translucent beads, graduated in size and in various shades of blue, including oblate, rounded and other types. 4.49 grams, 47 cm long

UK gallery, early 2000s.

A polyhedral pyramid with cuboidal suspension black to apex; incised symbols to base. 27 grams, 36 mm

Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.

With incised frieze of a seated figure in a tiered robe facing two standing figures in floor-length garments two columns of cuneiform text to the rear. 4.2 grams, 16 mm

Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.038.
London collection, 2016.

Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 97, for type.

Lot No. 0935
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Including cut glass molar flasks; chipped. 114 grams total, 27-51 mm

Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.

Lot No. 0936
8
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising two thin flat leaf-shaped blades with integral handles. 38 grams total, 17.5-18.5 cm

Ex old English collection.
London art market, 1980s.

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