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LOT 1310
Western Asiatic Alabaster Jar
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
4 3/8 in. (877 grams, 11.3 cm wide).
With slightly domed base and thick sidewall. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Achaemenid Glass Bead Necklace String
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Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. -
Luristan Bronze Animal
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Cast bronze model of a calf with splayed horns. 11 grams, 33 mm wide
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Western Asiatic Gold and Carnelian Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Comprising a graduated group of tabular carnelian beads with interstitial collars of gold granulation and some moulded glass hexagonal tabular-shaped beads; centrepiece a biconvex oval with speckled surface; restrung. 56.8 grams, 42.5 cm long
Ex property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous cataloguing card.