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LOT 1349
Achaemenid Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
13 in. (12.4 grams, 33 cm).
Restrung designer necklace string of globular, oblate and other types with polyhedral and annular pendant centrepiece. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, collection, 2000s.
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Ex 1990s collection and with a central London gallery. -
Mesopotamian Pink Stone Stamp Seal
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Modelled as an elongated rhomb pierced lengthways; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp seal of pink stone, 51 x 23 x 10 mm,, [sic] an elongated rhomb, pierced lengthways. Design: criss-cross. Mesopotamia or Syria, c. 3500 B.C. Condition very good.' 13.8 grams, 52 mm
Previously in an old British collection formed in the 1960s. Ex 1990s London collections, having been studied and catalogued by professor Lambert in the early 1990s. Formerly with a Mayfair art dealer S.A. Property of a London gallery. Accompanied by an original scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. -
Babylonian Bronze Pazuzu Head Pendant
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Drum-shaped with addorsed grotesque masks beneath a sturdy loop. 14 grams, 23.5 mm
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