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LOT 0921
Large Jewish Lead Sealing with Menorah
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (3 grams, 17 mm).
The simple raised menorah design impressed to one face; impression of textile to the reverse.
ProvenanceCollected from 1969-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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Western Asiatic Gold Hinged Bracelet with Garnet
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Composed of a tapering hoop with articulate hinge, collars adorned with filigree and granules, bezel set with a polished garnet cabochon in granulated surround; pin present. 6.22 grams, 46 mm wide
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Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Cylinder Seal with Mythical Animals
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
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Gandharan Gold Clad Figural Buddha Bead Group
Circa 1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
The majority displaying standing figures in repoussé to both faces of a lozenge-shaped body; five formed as naked male figures with hands clasped in front of the waist; a single bead formed as a full-bodied figure wearing a headdress, one hand held over the pubic region, which is pierced; sheet-gold over bituminous cores; from a ritual headdress; most complete. 78.32 grams total, 34-43 mm
Acquired 1970s onwards. Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK. Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
Although the Buddha himself never visited Gandhara, with the passage of time the area became a veritable holy land for his followers. Mahayanism – a liberal and progressive school of Buddhism – flourished in Gandhara and laid emphasis among other things, on the transformation of the Buddha into a great mythological, almost eternal, god, and on the deification of future Buddhas as holding providences. In the visual arts, Buddha was permitted for the first time to be represented in human form.
