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LOT 1242
Mixed Ancient Necklace Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 in. (85 grams total, 1-25 mm).
Comprising a large quantity of beads in glass, stone and faience, including some large tabular and cylindrical beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a bead collection formed in the 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Glass Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Composed of mainly annular and oblate beads, central feature comprising a cylindrical and an irregular bead, restrung. 20 grams, 34.5 cm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. -
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet
Ur III, Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Pillow-shaped tablet with columns of pictograms to two broad faces and one edge. 27.6 grams, 40 mm
Ex De Groot collection, Belgium, acquired in the 1930s. with Bonhams, London, 13 April 2011, no.137. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12118-218148. -
Western Asiatic Twisted Bronze Bracelet
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Comprising a round-section twisted shank and tapering flat-section finials. 21.8 grams, 60 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
