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LOT 1415
Western Asiatic and Other Green Glass Bead Necklace
20TH CENTURY A.D. AND EARLIER
1 5/8 in. (36.3 grams, 43 cm).
A restrung designer necklace including Roman green and yellow 'date heads', Venetian striped 'watermelon' chevron beads.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 1415
Western Asiatic and Other Green Glass Bead Necklace
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Mesopotamian Bronze Socketted Axehead
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising a tubular socket and a slender triangular blade. 320 grams, 11.7 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
Similar axe is represented in hands of Akkadian warriors on the Stele of Victory of Naram-Sim, at the Louvre, dated at 23rd century B.C. It was a typology used by Sumerian and Akkadian warriors. -
Jemdet Nasr Type Pink Jasper Cylinder Seal with Ibexes
Circa 3100-2900 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Carved with a band of stylised running horned quadrupeds; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 10.7 grams, 18.76 mm
Ex H. Norri collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK, collected in the 1980s-1990s. Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue information card. -
Akkadian Bronze Bowl for King Manishtushu
2270–2255 B.C.Estimate: £40,000 - 60,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20,000
Hemispherical in profile with a thin rim; inscribed rectangular panel with three fields, two each with a glyph and the right field with five cuneiform characters referencing King Manishtushu. 273 grams, 13.5 cm
Private collection, London, UK. Swiss private family collection. Believed to be from the same ownership as the bronze bowl sold at Sotheby’s, London, 21 April 1975, no.238. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.99066. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13197-249183.
Manishtushu (Akkadian: Man-iš-tušu), son of Sargon of Akkad and brother and successor of Rimush, reigned as king of the Akkadian Empire c. 2270-2255 BC (Middle Chronology). His reign is known primarily from royal inscriptions, administrative texts, and later king lists. Manishtushu consolidated imperial control following internal revolts suppressed under Rimush and pursued military campaigns in both southern Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf region, notably leading an expedition across the sea, probably to Magan (modern Oman), to secure supplies of diorite and metals for monumental construction. He is particularly associated with extensive land purchases in northern Babylonia, recorded on inscribed stone monuments, which provide rare insight into Akkadian legal and economic practices. These texts suggest a deliberate policy of royal acquisition and redistribution of land, possibly to strengthen central authority. Manishtushu also undertook significant building projects, including temple works at Nippur and elsewhere, dedicating offerings to major deities such as Enlil. His reign ended violently, and later tradition suggests he was assassinated in a palace conspiracy, after which he was succeeded by his son Naram-Sin, under whom the empire reached its greatest territorial extent.
