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LOT 1251
Achaemenid Stone and Glass Bead Necklace String
500 B.C. AND LATER
13 in. (9.86 grams, 33 cm).
Composed of small beads in various shapes restrung to a Y-shape, the central feature with a larger melon and an irregular bead. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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LOT 1251
Achaemenid Stone and Glass Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Luristan Bronze Dress Pin Group
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: one square in section with domed knop finial; one similar, cylindrical in section; one a tapering cylinder with three radiating lugs. 149 grams total, 16-21 cm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Akkadian Lapis Lazuli Master of Animals Type Cylinder Seal
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £325
With incuse design including an advancing human figure and two rampant stags; old collector's tag. 4.19 grams, 18 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. -
Mesopotamian Bronze Blade
2100-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Leaf-shaped with prominent midrib, cylindrical neck with flared base, square-section tang with expanding turned finial. 142 grams, 25.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
The type belongs to the category of tripartite lances with long pointed biconvex blade and single bevelled tang. In this typology the blade, of rhomboidal section, is usually well balanced. The stem, medium or short, is widened at its base and forms a fairly clean stop.
