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LOT 1157
Bactrian Lapis Lazuli Snake Pin-Head and Encrusted Bead
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (50.6 grams, 10 cm).
Comprising: a lapis lazuli bead with a high-relief figure of a snake in sinuous coils, head poised to strike, with eyes formed as turquoise annular beads; a bronze columnar handle; a tabular banded agate bead; all three bound together by the bronze corrosion products.
Provenancewith Gallery Rosen Ancient Art, Tel Aviv, 1968.
Ex London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
Accompanied by a copy of the original 1968 invoice.
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LOT 1157
Bactrian Lapis Lazuli Snake Pin-Head and Encrusted Bead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Including barbed and tanged, leaf-shaped and other types. 136 grams total, 31-83 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Syrian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Figures
Circa 1800-1600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
With standing and kneeling figures; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Description of Cylinder Seal of Hematite, 17 x 8.5 mm. Between bands of guilloche above and below, each within rules, is kneeling deity, human below the shoulders, wings for arms, bird's head and long hair falling to the waist at the back; in front a human in a long robe holding crook and a row of four walking humans in short kilts; four small fillers. Syrian, c.1800-1600 B.C. Condition: fine.'; accompanied by a museum quality impression and a pair of red stone beads. 2.93 grams, 17 mm
Private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. -
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Large Bactrian Banded Agate Bead Pair
Circa 1st millennium B.C.-early 1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Of oval shape, pierced longitudinally. 53 grams total, 40 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, England.
