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LOT 0226
Bactrian Silver Pyxis with Beasts
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (32.3 grams, 32 mm).
Hollow-formed and drum-shaped with rounded rim; the sidewall with low-relief motifs of beasts and vegetation; underside pierced.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1990.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 0226
Bactrian Silver Pyxis with Beasts
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Uzbek Waistcoat with Floral Design
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Sleeveless waistcoat with four external pockets, two vertical rows of covered buttons; some flowers outlined in blue or green; half-belt to rear. 326 grams, 54 cm high
Private collection, UK. -
Western Asiatic Amethyst Bead Necklace with Gold Beads
Circa 4th-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
A designer necklace composed of forty amethyst beads of various shapes and six gold spheres, decorated with granulation and spirals, forming opposed pelta patterns; with later openwork clasp. 69.6 grams, 52.5 cm
Acquired on European art market, 1990s. Private collection of Mr K.A., France. with Kallos Gallery, London. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13012-246749.
Amethyst was widely used in Graeco-Roman Egypt. We know that the amethyst mines of Abu Diyeiba, near Semna, were in use from the time of Ptolemy VI through to the Roman era. Pliny says that Indian amethysts were the best, but he also refers to amethysts from Egypt. The Egyptian amethysts are typically flawed and of a pale, almost pink, hue. They were seldom set in gold and were most usually made into beads. Ptolemaic and Roman inscriptions and artefacts have been found at amethyst mines in Egypt’s eastern deserts. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Blue Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Composed of annular, oblate and other beads, the central feature composed of a larger oblate and an annular bead; restrung. 12.38 grams, 45 cm
From London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s.
