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LOT 0233
Achaemenid Banded Agate Bead with Gold Caps
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (1.26 grams, 19 mm).
An elbow bead with an ellipsoid cap to each finial.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards.
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LOT 0233
Achaemenid Banded Agate Bead with Gold Caps
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Agate and Gold Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £425
Restrung group of oval and other agate beads with interstitial spherical gold beads with granule clusters. 96.6 grams, 52.5 cm
From the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards. -
Mesopotamian Cream Stone Macehead
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With slightly carinated equator to the globular body and tubular shaft. 417 grams, 96 mm
Ex 1990s collection and with a central London gallery. -
Mesopotamian Grey Mottled Stone Macehead
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Oblate in profile and drilled vertically to accommodate a wooden shaft. 406 grams, 71 mm
Ex 1990s collection and with a central London gallery.
