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LOT 2159
Tibetan Style Mixed Bead Necklace with Elaborate Pendant Drops
20TH CENTURY A.D.
24 3/8 in. (238 grams, 62 cm).
An elegantly composed designer necklace with turquoise, coral, glass and rock crystal beads, two vajra pendants above a rock crystal amulet with inlaid collars; central feature a tassel composed of bead drops suspended from an openwork metal dome. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 2159
Tibetan Style Mixed Bead Necklace with Elaborate Pendant Drops
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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Large Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Polychrome Plate Pair
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Each a shallow plate with stepped rim, painted floral motif to the centre. 1.14 kg total, 22-22.7 cm
Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
In the mid 15th century a freighting junk loaded with fine Vietnamese pottery sank in an area of the South China Sea called the 'Dragon’s Embrace.' This vessel is part of the shipwreck cargo recovered off the coast of Vietnam at Hoi An. The ceramics themselves were probably made in the area of Chu Dau. -
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Rectangular with a recess to the obverse showing a seated musician playing a pipa, hair gathered on a top-knot. 6.3 kg, 33 cm
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
