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LOT 0232
Western Asiatic Agate and Gold Bead Necklace
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
20 5/8 in. (96.6 grams, 52.5 cm).
Restrung group of oval and other agate beads with interstitial spherical gold beads with granule clusters.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards.
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LOT 0232
Western Asiatic Agate and Gold Bead Necklace
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £400
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London art market, 1980s-2000s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Babylonian Unfinished Hardstone Stamp Seal
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999, thence by descent. -
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Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. 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. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
