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LOT 1689
Achaemenid Blue Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
MID 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
13 3/4 in. (14.1 grams, 35 cm).
Composed of graduated turquoise and blue beads, the central feature with a 'spoked wheel' type bead, restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Assyrian Gypsum Relief with Head of a Bearded Man
704-681 B.C.Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
Rectangular frieze fragment with low-relief carving of a profile bust with short straight hair confined by a brow-band, segmented curls forming the beard, furrowed brow, one arm extended; handwritten label to rear 'from the Koyunjik palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh and incised legend 'KOUYUNJIK' and 'A'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 530 grams total, 11.6 cm including stand
Allegedly found in the Koyunjik Palace of Sennacherib. Ex property of a gentleman, UK, acquired in the 1970s. Ex private collection, Oxfordshire, UK, 1988. Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 7 December 1994, no.235. Art market, New York. Ex private collection, Tokyo, Japan. Private European collection, 2009. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12880-241660. -
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Neo-Babylonian Black Stone Duck Weight with Cuneiform Inscription
Circa 600-500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Carved in the round as a duck with its head laid back along its spine; pierced and inscribed on one flank. 9.30 grams, 27 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. -
Sasanian Carnelian Stamp Seal with Recumbent Animal
Circa 3rd-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Scaraboid type with incuse crouching stag motif. 1.56 grams, 12.41 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
