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LOT 1216
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20TH CENTURY A.D.
17 3/8 in. (29.8 grams, 44 cm).
Composed of cornerless cube-shaped beads interspersed with small tubular beads; restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London art market.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £520
A mixed group of small beads and pendants, some with granulation. 5.95 grams total, 2-9 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Luristan Bronze Kohl Pot
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Of tapering cylindrical form with everted rim, decoratively notched ribs of alternating breadth to the body. 60 grams, 78 mm
Acquired in Europe before 1993. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Proto-Sumerian Pictographic Terracotta Tablet
Uruk III, circa 3200-3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Lentoid in section with design to one face in three registers: left, large panel with impressed grid, square and spray; right, two smaller panels with hatching and geometric forms. 26.2 grams, 55 mm
From an important collection formed before 1988. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12543-231889. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
