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LOT 0276
Ancient Large Gold Bead Collection
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 5/8 in. (6.88 grams total, 6-15 mm).
Mixed group including collared melon, melon, biconical, and one spherical bead. [10]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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Luristan Bronze Votive Animal Group
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Model horses each with splayed legs and a stub to the rump (to accept a rider figure?). 5.09 grams total, 37-40 mm
Private collection formed in the 1990s. Acquired from a central London gallery. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Phoenician Black Terracotta Ritual Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Carinated in form with a rounded shoulder and short everted neck, two hemispherical juglets to the shoulder with pierced bases and strap handles below, one independent loop handle to the shoulder; painted black decoration to the upper body including clusters of vertical lines and vertical bands alternating with zig-zagging. 3.25 kg, 30 cm wide
London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
With frieze depicting a a seated figure holding a vessel in one extended hand, a star, a leaping dog, a nude female facing, two advancing attendants; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.57 grams, 10 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. 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.
