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LOT 1160
Sassanian Stamp Seal with Ibex
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (2.9 grams, 13 mm).
With intaglio profile image of an ibex standing with forelegs bent; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971.
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Large Neo-Elamite Decorated Bronze Pin
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Opening Bid: £400
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Ex Rabi Gallery 1980-1990. From an important London, UK, collection. -
Western Asiatic Bead Necklace String
2nd-1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Restrung; composed primarily of shell and ceramic beads of various types, including decoratively ribbed examples. 23 grams, 50 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands.
