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LOT 1316
Abbasid Gold Pendant
CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (5.50 grams, 34.60 mm).
Formed as a paisley motif with a cusped edge and applied granulation; granulated suspension loop to the top.
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.
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Comprising a quantity of disc-shaped beads, each pierced for stringing. 53 grams total, 3-10 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
While slaves and the poorest people wore simple, functional clothes, the wealthiest classes of Mesopotamia could afford beautifully made jewellery. The royal tombs from Sumeria dating from around 2500 B.C. included an abundance of beaded necklaces, rings, bracelets for the wrist and ankles, stickpins, and other jewellery, made of gold and silver set with decorative gemstones such as deep blue lapis lazuli, red carnelian, white alabaster, and sparkling crystals. In the Lugale-Mythos the Alabaster is personified like a hero: ‘(And) the hero Alabaster, these heroes plundered the cities for him (= Asag)’. The hematite and the limestone/alabaster, two stones with a light and dark base colour, were used as aids in a divinatory ritual in which they were probably connected with the favourable and unfavourable answers to oracle inquiries. -
Chalcolithic Terracotta Figure
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Modelled in the round with columnar head and neck, pinched and impressed facial details, applied headdress, collar and calf-length skirt, stub arms. 173 grams, 17.5 cm high
From the property of the late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N122k33 from Oxford Authentication. -
Nishapur Glazed Bowl with Ibex
9th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Hemispherical in profile with broad foot, outer face with vertical streaks in brown, green and yellow; inner face with central ibex in profile with radiating flowers to the sidewall; some restoration; old Bonhams label affixed to the inside and two old labels to the exterior. 331 grams, 16 cm
Ex H.K. Monif, New York, USA. Acquired Bonhams, London, 5th December 2002(?), lot 151. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
