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LOT 0304
Black Stone Weight with Aramaic Inscription
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (5.9 grams, 21 mm).
Ellipsoid in section with facet, two lines of text.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Black Stone Weight with Aramaic Inscription
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Ellipsoid in section with facet, two lines of text. 5.9 grams, 21 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Collection
Circa 1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £975
Composed of graduated beads of various types of white stone, rock crystal, glass, coral and shell. 15.5 grams total, 2-15 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands. -
Sassanian Deep Blue Cut-Glass Bowl
Central Asia, 6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,940
Drum-shaped with two rows of discoid plaques to the sidewall and another to the underside. 387 grams, 13 cm (1.37 kg total, 23.5 x 23.5 x 13 cm including box)
with Kojiro Ishiguro (1916-1992), Tokyo, in 1978-1979. Private collection, Japan. Ex Gallery Mari by February 2004. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12429-225439.
