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LOT 1612
Large Western Asiatic Stone Bead Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 2 in. (96 grams total, 26-51 mm).
Including lentoid-section fusiform type, and oblate types. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 1612
Large Western Asiatic Stone Bead Group
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Fragment of a fertility figure with applied breasts, hair, mouth and eyes; nose absent. 33.9 grams, 58 mm
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Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash
Circa 2100 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £1,100
With domed upper face, conical body; incised vertical lines dividing the surface into segments, each with impressed cuneiform text. 141 grams, 12.1 cm
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016. -
Holy Land Pottery Jug
Bronze Age, 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A bulbous terracotta jug with tubular neck and integral lentoid-section handle, old dealer's label. 675 grams, 18 cm high
Acquired by the vendor's father in London, circa 1960. Acquired Cheffins Auctions, UK.