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LOT 1064
Mesopotamian Shell Necklace Bead Group
CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
1/8 - 1 5/8 in. (72.7 grams total, 3-41 mm).
Including beads of tubular, biconical, disc, annular and other types of varying sizes. [120+]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 1064
Mesopotamian Shell Necklace Bead Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Elamite Silver Female Idol Pendant
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Composed of bifurcated body with each arm tapering to a coiled terminal, splayed head with suspension loop, decorative diagonal grooves around the perimeter and to the centre. 48 grams, 12.7 cm
Fine condition.
London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Fighting Quadrupeds
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
With design in two registers separated by a bilinear frame; upper: antelopes fighting an leaf motif; lower: procession of figures and a scorpion. 5.53 grams, 23 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.078. London collection, 2016. -
Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
2nd-1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Restrung; composed of polished stone, glass and shell beads of various types, including a disc-shaped pendant bead. 19.8 grams, 45 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
