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LOT 1278
Mixed Ancient Necklace Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 3/4 in. (66 grams total, 2-46 mm).
Comprising a quantity of lapis lazuli, glass and stone beads, including some larger collared tubular beads and a floral bead. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a bead collection formed in the 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Chariot Terret Ring Pair
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Each a sturdy ring with spike finials. 85 grams total, 84-97 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
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. -
Western Asiatic Red Jasper Stamp Seal with Wolf
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Pyramidal in profile with stylised intaglio figure of a wolf in profile, crouching with exaggerated claws. 5.18 grams, 16 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
