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LOT 0902
Amlash Cage Bead Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 - 2 1/2 in. (68 grams total, 38-63 mm).
A group of three bronze cage beads, each composed of a biconical body featuring openwork geometric motifs and pellets. [3]
ProvenanceAcquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
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LOT 0902
Amlash Cage Bead Collection
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Cassite Silver Cylinder Seal Pair
Circa 13th-12th century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,400
A pair of hollow-formed silver cylinder seals comprising: the smaller with frieze of tall slender figures flanking an ankh symbol; the larger with facetted outer face featuring a standing female with raised arm, plaited hair and hatched skirt, a standing male with dagger(?), three panels of cuneiform text; the smaller seal able to fit within the larger. 7.53 grams, 22 mm
From an important family collection. 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. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11639-199231. -
Western Asiatic Pottery Vessel Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
A group of eight ceramic vessels, mainly comprising jars of various forms, most painted with geometric motifs. 2.35 kg total, 9.5-15.5 cm wide
Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman. -
Western Asiatic Style Artefact Collection
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
A group of three stone artefacts in ancient style: a haematite cylinder seal accompanied by an impression; penannular metallic bracelet with ram's head terminals and filigree ornament; an alabaster pot of tapering cylindrical form, frieze of birds advancing right engraved around the circumference. 344 grams total, 1.4-10.2 cm
German collection formed before 2000. Ex private European collection.
