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LOT 1627
Achaemenid Blue Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
MID 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
15 1/8 in. (7.9 grams, 38.5 cm).
Composed mainly of oblate beads with larger beads forming the central feature, restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Cylinder Seal with Quadrupeds
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With incuse design of advancing quadrupeds, crescents and other items; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 7.01 grams, 26 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. -
Late Hittite Shoe-Shaped Vessel
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Hollow-formed shoe-shaped jug with rolled rim to the ankle, tab with hole for thong and stopper; welt-line to upper face and around sole. 585 grams, 23 cm
Private collection, acquired on the German art market in 1993; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13226-249313.
These upturned shoes are characteristic of the whole Hittite era. They are attested until the Late Hittite age. This kind of footwear appears later in the Aegean area, probably due to the influence of Anatolian fashion on Bronze Age Greek culture. It may have been the case that the Akkiyawa (Achaeans) living on the western coast of Anatolia adopted such items (as many others) from the Anatolian Indo-Europeans and exported them to the Greek lands, with the first examples attested in Greece only around the 14th century BC. -
Large Western Asiatic Silver Processional Horse Bridle Bead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Spherical hollow-form pendant with a collar at each end, ribbed body divided into segments with bands of herringbone decoration and bands with raised bosses inlaid with small yellow metal insert, similar inset granules around the lower collar, two ribbed loops at the top. 135 grams, 91 mm
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.
