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LOT 0213
Elamite Carnelian Necklace with Silver Pendants
LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
19 3/4 in. (29.2 grams, 50 cm long).
Restrung necklace of sheet-silver tubular beads with interstitial carnelian spacers, six sheet-silver cruciform pendants each with repoussé cross fleury motif.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
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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LOT 0213
Elamite Carnelian Necklace with Silver Pendants
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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Sasanian Chalcedony Stamp Seal Inscribed with 'Behnam, Overseer of Work for the King of Kings'
224-651 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,460
Plano-convex in profile with Pahlavi inscription to the underside; transliterated as: 'Vahnām ī shāhānshāh-kārframān' (meaning 'Behnām, Overseer of Work for the King of Kings'); Bivar notes in his summary: 'This specimen represents a previously unrecorded variety of the so-called "administrative seals" which are engraved only with an inscription defining an office, and have no pictorial motif. It is unusual in apparently bearing a personal name, and in designating its bearer as kārframān "Overseer of Work"....'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 29.9 grams, 23.48 mm high
with Christie's, London, 25 April 2001, no.464 [Part]. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note typed and signed by A.D.H. (David) Bivar, 9 May 2009. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. 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. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Composed of mainly oblate ceramic beads with two conical beads, restrung to a Y-shape with a green-glazed tabular pendant bead. 32.3 grams, 32 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. 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. -
Elamite Carnelian Necklace with Stamp Seals
Late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Restrung necklace of tubular and fusiform carnelian beads with annular spacers; drum-shaped dangles each with an incuse motif to the underside. 78 grams, 53 cm long
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12537-231965. 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.
