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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 Glass Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
Composed mainly of oblate beads interspersed with larger blue oblate beads, restrung and including some trade-wind beads. 20 grams, 60 cm long
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Glass, Shell and Stone Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Composed mainly of oblate and annular beads, restrung. 10.4 grams, 39.5 cm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. -
Bactrian Calcite-Alabaster Bust
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Columnar in form with stub arms, gusseted neck and rim of the cap, incised irregular ovoid eyes with drilled pupils, reserved ears, circumferential bilinear band to the brow, arms pierced; integral base absent; probably an idol; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.29 kg, 17.7 cm (1.67 kg total, 19 cm including stand)
English private collection, 1956. Private collection, London.
