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LOT 1197
Achaemenid Turquoise Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
MID 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
13 3/4 in. (29 grams, 35 cm).
Composed of small oblate beads with larger oblate and oval beads as the central feature, restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, collection.
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LOT 1197
Achaemenid Turquoise Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £200
Piriform body and funicular neck; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 28.5 grams, 10.6 cm (91.1 grams total, 13.2 cm including stand)
From an important London, UK, collection 1980-2020.
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Western Asiatic Cream Stone Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol Head
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Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
Tongue-shaped panel with integrally-moulded facing female bust, hair in radiating braids, transverse headband, lateral plaits, exaggerated lentoid eyes; plain to reverse. 17.7 grams, 42 mm
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent. Accompanied by the original collector's data sheet(s) with reference no.A82.
