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LOT 0251
Mesopotamian Gold and Other Bead Necklace
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
20 7/8 in. (33.61 grams, 53 cm).
Restrung group of spherical amethyst beads with gold tubular and acorn beads, centrepiece a square-section hatched gold bar with ribbed bulb finials.
ProvenanceFrom the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
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Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli and Stone Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
A restrung designer necklace composed of cylindrical white stone beads interspersed with oblate lapis lazuli beads and featuring seven unusual collared flattened beads in darker stone. 98 grams, 80 cm
Ex French gallery, 1970-1990. Paris collection, France. -
Amlash Bronze Cloak Pin Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising: Amlash bronze cloak pin, the top of the shank decorated with encircling bands of various widths and surmounted by a conical head, a piercing in the shaft allowed for the attachment of a crescentic slip-ring, the surface with areas of corrosion, the very tip broken away; similar with pierced lug finial and four radiating birds' heads; each with old collector's label '10633' and '10689'; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 113 grams total, 15.2-15.5 cm including stand
Acquired on the UK art market 1970s-1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
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Mesopotamian Cylinder Seal with Adad and Lama Goddess
Late 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
Haematite with the weather and storm god Adad standing of his symbol animal (the bull), holding in his left hand the lightning-fork, faces the suppliant goddess Lama; inscription: 1: dingir bi/ga ud … mi-lik … / 2: dumu A-bi-zum 'son of Abizum,' / 3: ìr ͩnin-si4-an-na 'servant of Ninsianna' / 4: ù ͩkab-ta 'and Kabta'. 18.4 grams, 28 mm
Ex Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent.
