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LOT 1728
Western Asiatic Bead with Gold Wire Pendant
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
3/4 in. (2.12 grams, 18 mm).
A seed-shaped black stone pendant with grooves to accept a gold wire wrapped around the body with a loop above. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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Western Asiatic Coral-Coloured Glass Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising mainly oblate beads, restrung. 144 grams, 42 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Gold and Other Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Restrung designer necklace of three strands connected by a median vertical column; comprising mainly gold tubular beads with ribbing to the outer face, polyhedral carnelian beads, irregular green glass beads, square-section lapis lazuli beads and other types; the lower node a larger polyhedral lapis lazuli bead with a loop of barrel-shaped gold beads and other types. 78 grams, 57 cm
Acquired in the 1980s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Old Babylonian Tall Copper Statuette of a Priest
Circa 1894-1595 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,980
Modelled in the round standing figure wearing a floor-length robe; the head surmounted by a pillbox hat with thick shoulder-length hair to the rear, prominent triangular nose flanked by incised lentoid eyes, thick lips and a strong segmented bead; the arms bent forwards at the elbow to support a dish or patera; ellipsoid-section body and D-shaped flange for the feet; small lug to the underside; mounted on a custom-made stand. 540 grams total, 20.5 cm including stand
Moussaieff collection, Israel, formed from 1948. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13287-251143.
