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LOT 0982
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+, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
With detailed frieze including a standing figure with tall helmet, raising his arm to strike a similar figure with both hands raised, bird above the scene and ankh below, smaller combat scene below with beast and kneeling figure with an axe; guilloche and other items in the field; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.04 grams, 18 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. 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. -
Western Asiatic Silver Staff Terminal with Interlaced Dragons
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Hollow-formed with bulb finial, low-relief image of opposed dragons with detailed scale texture; circumferential band with incised guilloche below; mounted on a custom-made stand. 445 grams total, 20 cm including stand
London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11966-210624. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Bracelet Pair with Dragon Head Terminals
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Each with a thick round-section body and overlapping terminals shaped as stylised dragon heads with incised detailing. 201 grams total, 82-94 mm
Ex old English collection. London art market, pre 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
