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LOT 1213
Mixed Ancient Necklace Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 1/4 in. (58 grams total, 1-30 mm).
Comprising a quantity of beads in lapis lazuli, glass and faience, including some long tubular beads and a shell bead. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a bead collection formed in the 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Magical Charm Amulet with Throne Verse
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Bifacial plaque with suspension hole; obverse with central bilinear circle enclosing a grid with numbers, text surrounding; reverse with ten lines of dense text. 31.9 grams, 56 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Proto-Sumerian Pictographic Tablet
Uruk III, circa 3200-3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
Tongue-shaped plaque, lentoid in section with segmented layout to each face, impressed pellets and geometric figures; supplied with a display stand. 155 grams, 10.3 cm (251 grams total, 11.2 cm high including stand)
From an important collection formed before 1988. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s. Ex J.L. collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12418-226307. -
Western Asiatic Black Stone Seal with Cross
4th millennium B.C.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Carved in the round, ellipsoid in plan with handle formed as a recumbent beast; underside with incised hatching; incised cross to one edge of the handle. 124 grams, 64 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.