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LOT 1198
Western Asiatic Banded Agate Necklace Bead Collection
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
3/8 - 1 1/2 in. (149 grams total, 11-39 mm).
Comprising eighteen banded agate beads of mixed size and form, with sixteen mixed beads in other stones; all pierced for stringing. [34]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Syro-Phoenician Two Shekel Deer Weight
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Modelled in the round as a figure pierced at the neck to accept a mounting ring. 14.6 grams, 30 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Schist Votive Offering Table
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Discoid in plan with basal ring and shallow dished face. 669 grams, 16.7 cm wide
From 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. -
Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal in the Form of a Human mask
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Plano-convex in profile with low-relief facial features, large lentoid eyes and segmented hair; to the reverse, low-relief winged gryphons. 9.17 grams, 29 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.