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Each penannular in form with opposed beast-head finials, one with notched outer face. 108 grams total, 66-67 mm

UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Lot No. 1413
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Modelled in the round with long arched neck. 15.9 grams, 40 mm

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

A cuboid seal with longitudinal piercing, each side with a different motif: a roaring lion(?), a foot imprint, a crouching lion, and a hand with snake to the side; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 17.9 grams, 26 mm

From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.

Accompanied by a copy of a report from Peter Gert Van der Veen, senior lecturer of Levantine Archaeology Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Lot No. 1416
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Composed of discoid beads, some slightly larger; restrung. 125 grams, 48 cm

Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Lot No. 1417
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Incuse frieze composed of cows or horses standing amongst buildings, characters or symbols in rectangular panels in the field, pierced for suspension. 16.8 grams, 21 mm

Ex 'S' collection, London, UK.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

A designer necklace composed of small oblate beads with larger feature beads, restrung to a Y-shape with irregular feature beads. 6.7 grams, 39 cm

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Lot No. 1419
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Leather-bound with handwritten texts in black and red ink, first and last pages decorated. 16.24 grams, 35 mm

Acquired in the 1970s.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Lot No. 1420
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
With hemispherical body, raised from a single sheet. 131 grams, 98 mm

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Lot No. 1421
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Modelled in the round with pricked ears and long extended tail. 15.3 grams, 45 mm

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Lot No. 1422
10
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Mainly annular in form with integral 'eye' detailing in blue glass. 15.4 grams total, 6-11.3 mm

UK private collection, acquired 1979-1983.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Lot No. 1424
 
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Biconvex in profile with basal ring, carination, rolled rim. 275 grams, 11.5 cm

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Lot No. 1426
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Hollow-formed U-shaped body with spiral-wound finial wire cones and granulated collars, repoussé pounced finial with beaded wire lateral loops, ribbed loops to the outer face; complete with custom-made stand. 8.87 grams, 41 mm (20.04 grams total, 68 mm including stand)

Acquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

See Williams, D. and Ogden, J., Greek Gold, Jewelry of the Classical World, MMA, 1994, item 77, for type.

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