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LOT 1358
Large Western Asiatic Gold Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 1/2 in. (8.74 grams total, 3-14 mm).
Including biconvex, barrel-shaped and other types with applied granulation and other ornament. [14]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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LOT 1358
Large Western Asiatic Gold Bead Group
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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Bactrian Veined Marble Weight
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Conical in profile with flat base and U-shaped channel through the apex. 9.35 kg, 20 cm wide
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. London, UK, collection. -
Western Asiatic Illuminated Quran Manuscript Page
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Loose paper leaf with handwritten text in Naskh script, thirteen lines of black ink text to each side, red and blue inked rings as punctuation, marginal arabesque painted motif and re ink framing to recto; pencil marks and notation. 5.3 grams, 21.5 x 34 cm
Ex M. Cummings collection, UK, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Lamashtu Seal
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £488
Rectangular in plan with smoothed edges and angles, bifacial ornament: obverse with standing gazelle-headed figure advancing holding a serpent, pointillé detailing; reverse with transverse borders and hatched panels. 19.41 grams, 36 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue slip.
