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LOT 1012
Ancient Gold Element Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 3/4 in. (4.34 grams total, 6-20 mm).
Mixed group of gold jewellery elements including a granulated conical finial, granulated triangular dangle, ribbed collar and other items. [23]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Abstract Design
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Of cotton-reel shape; deeply incised leaf and other motifs. 4.98 grams, 19 mm
Ex property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s, item no.28B (111). Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Figural Combat Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Polished haematite cylinder with incuse frieze depicting a standing profile human figure in flounced kilt and mesh tunic brandishing a dagger towards a rearing ibex, with two smaller ovicaprids at his feet, bird above his shoulder; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 3.28 grams, 21 mm
From a Cotswold, UK, collection, item no.115; as seen and catalogued by the late Professor Wilfrid George Lambert pre 1990.
The late W.G. Lambert was Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham in the period 1970-1993. -
Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Restrung; composed of beads of various shapes and shades of cream, light blue and grey. 10.1 grams, 24 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.
