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LOT 0254
An Exceptional Western Asiatic Banded Agate Bead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (88 grams total, 84 mm wide including stand).
Discoid in plan and pierced transversely with later D-shaped gold caps to each end; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired on the UK art market, 2000.
Private collection, Switzerland.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12877-241681.
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LOT 0254
An Exceptional Western Asiatic Banded Agate Bead
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
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West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal with Quadrate Cross
Circa 2300-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Discoid stamp seal with segmented face; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze. 51x51x16 mm. This is round with zig-zag outer edge, flat face and flat back in the centre of which is a loop handle on inverted U-shape. the design, which is both compartmented and open-work, consists of a quadrate cross within an outer band which as loops on its inner side, and the zig-zag on its outer side. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c.2300-2000 B.C. It is covered with incrustation, which could be removed. The metal appears to be in good condition.' 68.2 grams, 52 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Ex property of a West London businessman. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. -
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Private collection, UK. -
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Private collection, UK.
