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LOT 0233
Western Asiatic Banded Agate and Gold Bead Necklace
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
21 7/8 in. (42 grams, 55.5 cm).
Restrung group of graduated fusiform lentoid-section beads and at the centre interstitial collars with granulated borders; modern clasp.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
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LOT 0233
Western Asiatic Banded Agate and Gold Bead Necklace
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£300 (EUR 348; USD 405) +BP*
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Neo-Assyrian Rock Crystal Pendant in Decorative Gold Setting
Circa 900-600 B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Polished plano-convex crystal gem in sheet gold cell with two bands of herringbone braid to the sidewall and five more to the loop, applied granules at the junction with the cell. 15.43 grams, 34 mm
From a North American gentleman's collection, 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13373-259034.
Rock crystal beads were found in Tomb I of the Assyrian Princess in Nimrod. In the same graves were found crouching monkeys, recumbent bulls, seals depicting a nude Ishtar and other seals, all carved from rock crystal. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Artefact Collection
Bronze Age, 1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Mixed group of items, including arrowheads, a dagger blade, a beast-headed implement, a medical spoon and others. 192 grams total, 6.4-19.1 cm
Acquiredon the London, UK, art market, 1990s onwards. -
Amlash Zoomorphic Terracotta Pouring Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £51
Bulbous body with a funicular neck and a round-section handle with an animal-head thumbpad, the spout resembling a bird's head with a small curving projection above. 475 grams, 22.2 cm
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s.
