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LOT 1118
Mixed Ancient Necklace Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 1/4 in. (83 grams total, 2-31 mm).
Comprising a quantity of variously shaped beads in glass, faience, lapis lazuli, and other materials. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a bead collection formed in the 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Illuminated Quran Manuscript Page
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Loose paper leaf with handwritten text in dense Naskh script, fifteen lines of dense black ink text to each side in a rectangular border with liquid gold fill, red diacritics and liquid gold rings as punctuation. 2 grams, 12.5 x 19 cm
Ex M. Cummings collection, UK, 1990s. -
Proto-Sumerian Terracotta Pictographic Tablet for the Distribution of Barley
Circa 3300-3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
Pillow-shaped tablet with dense cuneiform text to two broad faces and one edge. 130 grams, 82 mm
Private collection Mr S.A., acquired in 1994; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12116-218146. -
Western Asiatic and Other Terracotta Vessel Group
3rd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Including hemispherical bowls, a drum-shaped jar and other items. 2.65 kg total, 11-19 cm
From the private collection of the late David Gold, 1990s.
