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LOT 1304
Amlash Bronze Openwork Pendant Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 - 2 1/8 in. (91 grams total, 33-56 mm).
Comprising: two large openwork beads; a domed cage-work pendant; an anthropomorphic pendant; an elongated pendant with four loops. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Mixed Glass and Stone Bead Group
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Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
Restrung designer necklace with two central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. 19.6 grams, 42 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Bronze Artefact Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £98
Including a circular strap-distributor, cicada brooch, penannular bracelet and other items. 177 grams total, 1.7-10.1 cm
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.
