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LOT 0910
Amlash Bronze Openwork Ring
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (4.89 grams, 23.52 mm overall, 19.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
With broad plaque formed as two undulating bars within a bilinear frame. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Bristol, UK, gentleman.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection since 2005.
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Elamite Silver Pendant Pair
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Each formed as a stylised flower with a polygonal body and tubular suspension loop, repoussé annulet at centre surrounded by pellets, domed and trefoils. 6.82 grams total, 52-53 mm
London, UK, gallery; 1971-early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic White Stone Bead Necklace
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Restrung; composed of drum-shaped stone beads in various shades. 12.8 grams, 64 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
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Ur III Clay Cuneiform Tablet
Circa 3400 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Of rectangular form, bearing text to both principal faces and three side edges; repaired. 141 grams, 94 cm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. 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. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
