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LOT 1235
Large Bactrian Mixed Agate Bead Group
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D. AND LATER
5/8 - 1 in. (118 grams total, 15-24 mm).
Comprising of spherical and other beads including two with incised decoration, one not pierced. [10]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, England.
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LOT 1235
Large Bactrian Mixed Agate Bead Group
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Terracotta Bird Vessel with Glass Eyes
8th-9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Hollow-formed aviform vessel with loop handle and inset glass eyes, lateral loops at the neck. 395 grams, 15.2 cm
UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman. -
Western Asiatic Amethyst Bead Necklace with Gold Beads
Circa 4th-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
A designer necklace composed of forty amethyst beads of various shapes and six gold spheres, decorated with granulation and spirals, forming opposed pelta patterns; with later openwork clasp. 69.6 grams, 52.5 cm
Acquired on European art market, 1990s. Private collection of Mr K.A., France. with Kallos Gallery, London. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13012-246749.
Amethyst was widely used in Graeco-Roman Egypt. We know that the amethyst mines of Abu Diyeiba, near Semna, were in use from the time of Ptolemy VI through to the Roman era. Pliny says that Indian amethysts were the best, but he also refers to amethysts from Egypt. The Egyptian amethysts are typically flawed and of a pale, almost pink, hue. They were seldom set in gold and were most usually made into beads. Ptolemaic and Roman inscriptions and artefacts have been found at amethyst mines in Egypt’s eastern deserts. -
Large Bactrian Agate Bead Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.-early 1st millennium A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Comprising of tubular and biconical beads. 54 grams total, 30-50 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, England.
