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LOT 1144
Achaemenid Silver Bracelet Pair
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
2 1/4 in. (44 grams total, 58 mm each).
Group of two penannular bracelets, each a round-section bar with clubbed ends. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Western Asiatic Glass and Stone Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Composed of graduated beads of various shapes, central feature a large later triangular red glass bead, restrung. 16.7 grams, 46 cm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. -
Sassanian Rock Crystal Jewish Stamp Seal
3rd-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
Plano-convex in profile with longitudinal ribbing to the upper face, lulav and etrog symbols inside an epigraphic border with legend 'Huna bar Barna' (Huna son of Barna); with three separate impressions of the seal. 6.81 grams, 18 mm
London family collection, 1979. with Christie's, London. Private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly report by Professor Shaul Shaked, August 1999. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12427-226887. -
Western Asiatic Alabaster Jar
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £72
With slightly domed base and thick sidewall. 877 grams, 11.3 cm wide
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.