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LOT 2140
Tibetan Banded Agate Bead Necklace with Glass Eye Beads
20TH CENTURY A.D.
35 1/2 in. (318 grams, 90 cm long).
Composed of graduated banded agate beads interspersed with spacer beads of different types, including agate spheres, sheet-metal bulbs embossed with floral motifs and glass eye beads; large central agate pendant bead inlayed with multiple eye motifs; hook-and-eye clasp. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
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LOT 2140
Tibetan Banded Agate Bead Necklace with Glass Eye Beads
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Chinese Glass Enamelled Four Scene Snuff Bottle
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Opening Bid: £156
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Property of a lady, from her grandfather's collection, 1960s-1970s; thence by descent. -
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Large Chinese Tang Bronze 'Pagoda' Reliquary Stupa
Tang to Liao Dynasty, circa 907-1125 A.D. or laterEstimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
With three-tiered square and stepped base showing bodhi leaves, flaming jewels and foliage tendrils respectively, surmounted by a pierced frieze, each side depicting a seated Buddha flanked by standing figures and clouds; with triple pitched and hipped roof elements rising above pierced wall panels; in turn all surmounted by a column with five graduated discs affixed and terminating in a four-lobed lamniform element. 4.9 kg, 59 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired 1960s to early 1970s. ‘Buckingham Collection’, the late Nik Douglas (1944-2012), renowned author, curator and Asian art expert.
