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LOT 1646
Western Asiatic and Other Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 1/8 in. (108 grams total, 2-28 mm).
Comprising mixed beads, including facetted barrel-shaped rick crystal beads, polygonal and tubular lapis lazuli beads, and others. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 1646
Western Asiatic and Other Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Group
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Banded Agate Gemstone with Inscription
20th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Ellipsoid type with engraved stylised arabic inscription, drilled longitudinally. 6.4 grams, 24 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Western Asiatic Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Griffins
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With frieze depicting a pair of griffins in profile with human heads, long wings, one with scorpion and one with fish tail; star and crescent moon to the top. 7.27 grams, 28 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Assyrian Bronze Openwork Amuletic Pendant
Circa 1200-1000 B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Tubular type with voids to the sidewall, open underside, twisted loop finial. 4.1 grams, 31 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
