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LOT 1301
Achaemenid Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
24 in. (12.8 grams, 61 cm).
Restrung group of annular, oblate, melon and other beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Western Asiatic Gold Disc Ornament Collection
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
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From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Khorasan Bronze Dish with Foxes
12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Squat dish or shallow bowl with raised rim; central looped interlace motif on a hatched foliage field, concentric decorative rings including running tendrils, frieze of running foxes, calligraphic text, radiating billets. 845 grams, 27 cm
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Western Asiatic Bronze Hook
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With suspension loop, rectangular-section shank, recurved lower body with ribbed cross-section, acorn finial. 61 grams, 10.9 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
