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LOT 1632
Bactrian Carnelian and Agate Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
15 3/4 in. (21 grams, 40 cm long).
Gently graduating group mainly formed of oblate and irregular beads; restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom E.C; formerly in an old British collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman.
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Western Asiatic Gold and Other Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
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. -
Holy Land Terracotta Single-Handled Wine Jug
Middle Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising an ovoid body with a narrow foot and a tubular neck with a trefoil lip, strap handle to the rear. 290 grams, 15.3 cm
From the collection of a Yorkshire, UK gentleman, items collected in the Holy Land in the 1960s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Calligraphic Miniature Box
14th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Heater-shaped in plan with door and sliding retainer to the upper face, tongue-shaped inner drawer; decorated with reserved entwined bands, Kufic legend to the sidewall. 27.9 grams, 41 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
