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LOT 1144
Elamite Silver Flower Pendant
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
17 in. (59 grams, 43 cm).
A restrung necklace of fusiform and tubular carnelian beads with two silver cloisonné pendant quatrefoils with haematite discs in the spandrels, inset glass and other panels, oval rock crystal beads flanking.
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s.
With a London gallery.
Property of a London collector; from her family's private collection.
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LOT 1144
Elamite Silver Flower Pendant
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Old Babylonian Clay Cone of Ishme Dagan
Circa 20th-18th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Of conical form with flat base and 18 lines of impressed cuneiform script; Sumerian text denoting a royal name: 'Ishme-Dagan, mighty man, King of Isin, king of the four world regions: when he cancelled the taxes of Nippur, the city beloved of Enlil, and excused its men from military service, he built the city wall of Isin. The name of that wall is Ishme-Dagan.' 350 grams, 14.4 cm
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Western Asiatic White Stone Bead Necklace
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Restrung; composed of cylindrical beads of various dimensions 12.5 grams, 48 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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