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LOT 1204
Western Asiatic Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
17 3/4 in. (25.7 grams total, 45 cm).
Restrung designer necklace with two central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.164, lett.b, for a similar bead necklaces made of a mixture of stones, glass and shell.
FootnotesSimilar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Pendant with Cross
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Ellipsoid loop developing to a short shank, biconvex bulb with eight vents and four stub arms, short shank below and lentoid loop with stub arms; possibly a liturgical thurible censer. 31 grams, 75 mm
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. -
Luristan Bronze Poppy-Headed Pin
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With a long tapering shank, poppy-head terminal with three projecting lobes, incised chevrons in between the lobes. 80 grams, 17 cm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Islamic Leather Bound Complete Qur'an by Mirza Hassan
1226 A.H. (1811 A.D.)Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Hardback with full leather binding, block borders to covers and central arabesque foliage panel; inner covers with floral motifs and foliage on a gold field; title pages with rectangular panels outlined in red, red and black calligraphic text on a liquid gold field with red and blue detailing; text pages with liquid gold frame and fronds in the field, black text with floral motifs and extensive marginal notes; end pages with gold transverse bars with red and blue geometric and floral motifs, red marginal notes; some conservation and repair. 145 grams, 6.7 x 10.4 cm
From an important family collection started in the late 1950s. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12277-220402.
