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LOT 1284
Western Asiatic Carnelian, Agate and Silver Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
19 3/4 in. (45 grams, 50 cm).
Composed of oval beads interspersed with shorter oval beads, two pairs of silver oval beads to the centre with a conical feature bead; restrung.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 1284
Western Asiatic Carnelian, Agate and Silver Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol
2250-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Modelled with a pinched, bird-like head and face with large circular eyes, two ornamental collars and wearing a headdress, stub arms and splayed foot; repaired. 103 grams, 17.2 cm
Private Swiss collection. Private collection, Europe. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Bracelet with Coils
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising a round-section shank and with the tapered ends wound about the shank; partly absent. 36.5 grams, 74 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Old Babylonian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
With frieze of figures in a courtly presentation scene. 1.54 grams, 12 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
