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LOT 1326
Western Asiatic Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM A.D. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 in. (26 grams total, 3-25 mm).
Including fusiform, tubular, melon and other types. [25, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards.
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Western Asiatic Decorated Black Stone Spindle Whorl
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Formed as a low domed disc, the upper face with engraved linear decoration and groups of ring-and-dot motifs. 29.4 grams, 47 mm
From a collection of a Devonshire, UK, gentleman established from the mid 1990s. -
Early Parthian Carnelian Bead with Gold End Caps
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Columnar bead with sheet-gold cap to each end, each with beaded circlets and applied granule clusters, domed end with loop; possibly assembled. 17.44 grams, 60 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Large Azerbaijan Hasanlu Tepe Pottery Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £675
Comprising a broad bell-shaped bowl with flat rim attached by a thick trunk with four rows of angled impressions to a tripod base with sturdy curved legs with inner supporting ring and keeled finials. 5.28 kg, 35.5 cm
with Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK, 1974. Private collection, London, UK.
