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LOT 1303
Western Asiatic Beaded and Gold Pendant
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
3/4 in. (0.96 grams, 21 mm).
Wire dangle with beaded collars and biconvex and other glass beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Twisted and Rivetted Bracelet Pair
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Matched pair, each a hoop with coil detailing, flat finials joined with a ferrous rivet. 52 grams total, 71-73 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Western Asiatic Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
Restrung designer necklace with two central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. 15.61 grams, 35 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
Similar 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. -
Old Babylonian Terracotta Figure of Musicians
1900-1600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Moulded as two females posed side-by-side with long flared skirts, one holding a small percussion instrument and the other with a pipe raised to her mouth, each with segmented hair and conical cap, casting seams to the lateral edges, hollow underside. 116 grams, 10.5 cm
Ex Monique Sancey Collection, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. with Bonhams, 14 May 2003, no.229. European private collection.
