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LOT 1329
Bedouin Ring with Birds on Shoulders
CIRCA 18TH-119TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (10.16 grams, 32.39 mm overall, 18.05 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
White metal ring with the shoulders formed as birds with spread wings, conical bezel set with a carnelian cabochon engraved with a scorpion. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx English collection of Mr A.H.D.
Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance.
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LOT 1329
Bedouin Ring with Birds on Shoulders
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: frieze with profile running horse pulling a chariot with spoked wheel, seated driver and objects in the field; field of geometric linear symbols within broken borders; frieze with segmented standing figures; frieze with S-curved striated band, possibly a serpent with turned towards the rear; presenttion scene with seated magnate and facing supplicant, birds and guilloche in the field, chipped; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 39.73 grams total, 12-41 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of tubular beads with a lozenge-shaped pendant, restrung. 5.44 grams, 31 cm
Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Western Asiatic Silver-Coloured Metal Ring Group
Circa 12th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A mixed group of rings from the Seljuk and Ottoman periods, comprising three rings: one with a calligraphic inscription, one with a hexagonal bezel with remains of niello, and one with the bezel divided into two fields. 24.9 grams total, 21-27 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK
