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LOT 2755
Javanese Trade Beads
MAJOPAHIT, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY A.D.
22 3/4 - 23 1/4 in. (23.7 grams total, 58-59 cm).
Two strings of red glass beads; old collector's cards: 'Majopahit 13th c. opaque red glass beads. Java 1293-1520 and its maritime empire. Beads used trading in E. Indies' and 'Majopahit 1293-1520 Kingdom of East Java (Sumatra, S. Malaysia = coastal Borneo.) These 13 c.' [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a specialised collection of trade items and money formed in the 1970s.
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LOT 2755
Javanese Trade Beads
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Native North American Inuit Carved Fossilized Walrus Bone Toggle in the Form of a Seal
Alaska, circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Modelled as a seal with a rounded body and raised heads, small fins and carved eyes, carved for suspension to the underside and an attachment loop to the tail; with two old labels reading: 'Toggle in the form of a seal, excavated on the mainland at Brevik mission, 13th-14th century' and 'Eskimo toggle in form a seal, 13th-14th c'. 26.7 grams, 77 mm
Excavated on the mainland at Brevig Mission, Alaska. Ex John and Valerie Arieta, 1993. Dr Alan Black collection. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
African Terracotta Trade Beads
Niger, 1200-1500 A.D. and laterEstimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a long string of ribbed tubular beads with some larger oblate beads; a string of red oblate beads. 31.9 grams total, 56-122 cm
From a specialised collection of trade items and money formed in the 1970s. -
African Carved Wooden Medicine Vessel with Seated Figure Lid
20th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a squat body on a flared foot. broad shoulder and low neck; all carved with reserved foliage and tendrils; domed lid with two scrolled openwork handles, central knop handle carved as a crouching figure with enlarged head and facial features. 343 grams, 20.4 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
