Loading, please wait...
LOT 1212
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
20TH CENTURY A.D.
22 7/8 in. (30 grams, 58 cm long).
Comprising tubular and fusiform lapis lazuli beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
-
Large Western Asiatic Gold Hoop Earrings
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Matched pair, each with radiating granulated triangular plaques and large granule clusters. 20.34 grams total, 62 mm each
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Urartu Alabaster Stamp Seal
8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Bifacial round seal with mythical creatures, likely winged ibexes; pierced hole for suspension. 3.36 grams, 16 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, before 1988.
Animal-headed creatures are often winged bird-headed figures with human body in the Urartu and Northern-Syrian seals of ‘dnplţ ‘bd ‘mndb type, but often winged, apparently ibex-headed figures appear on the seals of the type bqšt bt ‘bdyrh. The ibex-headed figures might belong to same group of semi-divine beings visible on the Assyrian art. -
Western Asiatic Gold Necklace Element
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Slightly curved hollow-formed decorative element from a necklace or collar, with three rows of cells to the segmented body each with a granulated collar, two lentoid eyes two one end and three flanges to the other, open at both ends and plain to the underside. 9.34 grams, 59 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.