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LOT 1169
Jemdet Nasr Red Jasper Cylinder Seal
3100-2850 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (6.3 grams, 32 mm).
With incised linear ornament and drilled pellets. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.22.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 23, for type.
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Western Asiatic Agate and Gold Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Restrung designer necklace with elegant bead arrangement, comprising spherical white agate beads, oval banded agate beads, with later gold interstitial slender bicone beads; modern clasp. 82.5 grams, 64 cm long
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2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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