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Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,400
Sold for (Inc. bp): £31,200
Sold for (Inc. bp): £48,100
Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46,800
With intaglio bovine to one face and canine to the other. 1.68 grams, 11 mm

From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s.

Lot No. 1042
1
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising a matched pair of pendants with overlapping loop finials, four ribbed stems radiating from the base, a separate pendant of similar form hanging from the loop. 49 grams total, 57-61 mm

UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.

Comprising five rings with large decorative bezels, three with standing figure, one with a waking sphinx and one with a rosette. 16.5 grams total, 19-23 mm

UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.

Lot No. 1044
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Polyhedral gold bead mounted on a wire shank with carnelin and blue glass beads. 0.61 grams, 20 mm

Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.

Lot No. 1045
 
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising a resting lion pierced at the midriff and a rectangular plaque with incised grid markings. 13.3 grams total, 22-36 mm

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

With frieze depicting a a seated figure holding a vessel in one extended hand, a star, a leaping dog, a nude female facing, two advancing attendants; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.57 grams, 10 mm

From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990.

Accompanied by an old collection ticket.

Lot No. 1047
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Flat-section figurine with elaborate pierced headdress, applied annular eyes and navel, pinched nose, applied segmented collar and pointillé detailing to the hips; mounted on a custom-made stand. 169 grams total, 18 cm including stand

Mounted on a perspex column in the 1970s.
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.

Restrung designer necklace with carnelian tubular, spherical, polyhedral and other beads, with a later Indian heart-shaped pendant. 41.5 grams, 34.5 cm

Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.

Lot No. 1049
23
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Carnelian with double register; to the top a kneeling naked male facing forward with curly hair and beard, holding plants in both hands towards a pair of goats to either side; the lower register with goats either side of a central plant motif. 4.1 grams, 29 mm

From an important London collection, formed before 1990.
From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK.
From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent.

Lot No. 1050
7
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising two seal matrices: one with a slender looped shank, intaglio design of a standing stylised bird next to a frond, a smaller bird above; the other with a balustered shank, intaglio design of a standing woman wearing a long robe, remains of inscription(?) in front. 24.4 grams total, 29 mm each

UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.

Comprising a large quantity of beads in various shapes and sizes in glass, stone, coral and lapis lazuli, including some larger feature beads. 161 grams total, 2-27 mm

Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.

Lot No. 1052
6
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Lunate in form with loop to each horn, repoussé Sabean text of seven rectilinear characters. 0.30 grams, 10 mm

Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.

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