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LOT 0889
Western Asiatic Banded Yellow Agate Pendant Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 - 2 3/4 in. (127 grams total, 54-71 mm).
Each polished and pierced for suspension; including two flat-section, cartouche-shaped pendant plaques and three octagonal-section bars with conical terminals. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
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LOT 0889
Western Asiatic Banded Yellow Agate Pendant Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Luristan Bronze Spouted Vessel
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Barrel-bodied with stepped shoulder, everted rim, tapering U-section spout and raised foot with notches; decorated with circumferential grooves separating bands of incised geometric ornament. 513 grams, 20 cm wide
Ex late Japanese private collection, 1970s-2015. Ex Ancient Art, London, UK. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Ancient Art, London N14. -
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Figures
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
With frieze of standing figures, fronds, vases, scrolls, birds and other items. 2.13 grams, 15 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.030. London collection, 2016. -
Old Babylonian Clay Micro Cuneiform Tablet
18th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Bearing a literary text over two principal faces. 132 grams, 82 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
