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LOT 1310
Western Asiatic and Other Mixed Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 in. (60 grams total, 1-25 mm).
An assorted colourful mix of glass, stone and faience beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 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.
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Western Asiatic Gold Bead Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Mixed group of tubular and other beads, coils, end-caps and other items. 4.42 grams total, 1-10 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. 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. -
Proto-Sumerian Pictographic Terracotta Tablet
Uruk III, circa 3200-3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Lentoid in section with incised and impressed design to one face; trapezoidal figure with bowl(?) and incised cross, two rows of impressed D-shapes; probably a tally token. 73.3 grams, 81 mm
From an important collection formed before 1988. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 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. -
Luristan Bronze Bowl
13th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Of a rounded profile with rounded base. 240 grams, 14.2 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. 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.
