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LOT 0943
Western Asiatic Carnelian and Other Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1/2 in. (91 grams total, 2-13 mm).
Composed of polished carnelian and other beads of various types and sizes. [460]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Western Asiatic Stone Ladybird Amulet
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Plano-convex body with incuse pellet 'spots', facial details. 6.5 grams, 22 mm
Ex old English collection. London art market, pre 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Large Western Asiatic Gold Lunar Pendant
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Shaped as a crescent moon with pearled border. 5.08 grams, 45 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
The gold lunula was a characteristic type of necklace, collar, or crescent-shaped pendant of the late Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and most often early Bronze Age. The crescent appears in various forms in the material culture of the southern Levant. It also appears in Mesopotamian and Egyptian iconography. It is most frequently associated with the crescent moon and its related deity. Such pendants were worn at the neck, in contact with the body, as protective amulets. -
Abbasid Brown Glass Beaker with Trail
9th century A.D.Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,000
Olive-coloured squat glass vessel with rounded rim; applied glass trails to the sidewall, the lower ones dragged; dimple to the underside. 201 grams, 89 mm wide
Acquired in the 1980s. with Christopher Sheppard, London, UK. Acquired from the above in 2007. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11972-210907.
