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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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Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet For the Sale of a Palm Grove during the Reign of Nur-Adad King of Larsa
1865-1850 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
A pillow-shaped tablet, with cuneiform text on the broad faces and an edge, reading: '50 sar of orchard, planted with palm trees, next to Kunia, next to Amurutu, on the first small side: Rabutum. Sîn-pilah bought from Huzalum. He paid him its full price of 1/3 silver mine. He swore in the name of Nur-Adad the king that no one would constest in the future. In front of Itišumum In front of Sinennam Before Sugalum Before Kurušum Before Awīl-Amurrim the scribe In the month of šabatu, the year Nur-Adad (offered) a throne of justice (?) ...' 52 grams, 56 mm
Ex private collection. with Bonhams, Antiquities, London, 21 October 1999, no.260 (Part). Private central European collection. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12244-219769. -
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Western Asiatic Banded Agate Animal Bead
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Carved in the round, bottle-sjaped with ribbed band of hair or fur, ring-and-dot eyes. 2.93 grams, 20 mm
Private collection, England. -
Sasanian Bronze Bowl
3rd-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With narrow flat base and flared sidewall. 132 grams, 15.2 cm
From the collection of North West London, UK, gentleman, 1990-2000s.
