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LOT 1324
Western Asiatic Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
13 4/5 in. (16.6 grams, 35 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 Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £72
Restrung group of seed beads in various materials with amethyst dangle centrepiece. 6.1 grams, 39.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
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Jemdet Nasr Red Jasper Cylinder Seal
3100-2850 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
With incised linear ornament and drilled pellets. 6.3 grams, 32 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.22. London collection, 2016. -
Mesopotamian Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
Frieze with two full-length standing figures in ankle-length robes each holding a feather towards a pillar with sun-disc above, crouching human worshipper to one side, labrys to the other; scene in two registers with guilloche border between, gryphon above with one foreleg raised, ibex below, crouching with tail raised; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 14 grams, 31 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12248-222164.
