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LOT 1029
Mixed Ancient Necklace Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 1/2 in. (70 grams total, 2-38 mm).
Comprising a quantity of variously shaped beads in lapis lazuli, glass, faience, and other materials, including some amuletic and large tabular beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a bead collection formed in the 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Bracelet
Late Bronze Age, 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Round-section shank with opposed trumpet-shaped finials. 37 grams, 72 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Old Babylonian Alabaster Cylinder Seal
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
With frieze of robed figures in procession; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.16 grams, 14 mm
Ex Cotswold collection, UK, 1980-1990. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s. -
Luristan Bronze Horse
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Amuletic figure of a standing beast with raised rump and curved tail. 11.6 grams, 35 mm
Ex London collection of a deceased collector, 1990s.
