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LOT 0912
South East Asian Javanese Gold Ring with Glass Gemstone
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.55 grams, 24.75 mm overall, 18.55 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)).
Comprising a D-section hoop with lobed shoulders supporting an ellipsoid bezel with beaded collar and scalloped edges to the cell, inset ruby-coloured glass cabochon.
ProvenanceAcquired 1970-2010.
Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
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LOT 0912
South East Asian Javanese Gold Ring with Glass Gemstone
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
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Akkadian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Fragment with Literary Text
Mid 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Written in dense rows over one face of the tablet; a single line of text continued onto the reverse. 150 grams, 80 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. 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. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. -
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1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
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with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
