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LOT 1249
Achaemenid Pale Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
13 3/8 in. (7.54 grams, 34 cm).
Restrung group of cylindrical, polyhedral, biconical and other beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Western Asiatic Silver-Coloured Metal Bead Group
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising nine beads with central filigree collar and beaded collar to each end, one melon bead and one openwork bead. 38 grams total, 13-21 mm
Ex collection of a late London, UK, collector, 1970s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Sasanian Carnelian Gemstone with Portrait
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Oval-shaped with an engraved profile bust of a bearded man wearing a headdress. 0.49 grams, 12 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. Private collection, London. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Dagger Blade Collection
2700-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising five leaf-shaped blades with raised midribs, one with pierced tang rivet hole, another with two rivet holes on the round shoulders. 344 grams total, 18.5 - 21 cm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The shape of many blades with convex sides was undoubtedly the result of sharpening, but some may have been designed with this outline when a long narrow blade was needed for a special purpose. The daggers with large rivet holes in the round base probably originated by the Hyksos of the Egyptian Twelfth Dynasty.