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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 Twisted Bronze Bracelet
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Penannular in form with tapered ends, twisted rod format. 8.8 grams, 50 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Old Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
With frieze of three facing figures wearing long robes and headdress, crescent and other objects in the field. 3.019 grams, 16 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. 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 Bronze Scalloped Dagger Pommel
10th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Discoid in plan with radiating cells hollowed to accept enamel; raised centre with reserved calligraphic text. 8.57 grams, 28 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
