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LOT 1232
Assyrian Gold Earring with Double Twisted Wires
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 in. (1.50 grams, 13 mm).
Comprising a wire hoop with filigree cones and granule clusters.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards.
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Western Asiatic Gold and Other Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Restrung designer necklace of three strands connected by a median vertical column; comprising mainly gold tubular beads with ribbing to the outer face, polyhedral carnelian beads, irregular green glass beads, square-section lapis lazuli beads and other types; the lower node a larger polyhedral lapis lazuli bead with a loop of barrel-shaped gold beads and other types. 78 grams, 57 cm
Acquired in the 1980s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Emerald Green Glass Cotton-Reel Vase
6th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With broad plano-convex base, sturdy tubular body, everted rim; repaired. 201 grams, 73 mm
Ex Norri collection, Milton Keynes, UK, 1980s-1990s. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone Bead Necklace String Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Two restrung groups of annular beads in shades of green and turquoise. 8.86 grams total, 37-39.2 cm
London, UK, collection, 2000s.
