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LOT 1141
Western Asiatic Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
13 1/8 in. (28.6 grams, 33.5 cm).
Restrung group of graduated tubular beads and annular beads in glass and stone. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Bactrian Lidded Silver Vessel with Leopards
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Sheet-silver pyxis with tapering sides and slightly curved base, everted rim; discoid lid with lip, impressed cruciform design with zigzags in the quadrants; sidewall with impressed frieze of leopards in profile, ring-and-dot and chased detailing to fur. 50 grams, 87 mm high
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Miniature Old Babylonian Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Seated Gods
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Frieze of incuse seated figures in profile. 0.23 grams, 7 mm
From an important collection formed before 1988. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Amuletic Bead
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
One side engraved with two opposing figures engaged in a fight with swords; the opposite side with geometric motifs; pierced longitudinally. 6.18 grams, 13 mm
From an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva.
