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LOT 0981
Western Asiatic Carnelian Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 5/8 in. (92 grams total, 2-15 mm).
Comprising a quantity of variously shaped beads in mainly orange and red carnelian, including some in glass, jasper and other materials.
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Western Asiatic Painted Ceramic Animal on Base
Circa 9th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Feline with stocky body, erect tail, thick neck developing to a flat head, loop handle from the shoulder to the rump; painted with bands of geometric designs, facial detailing to the head; mounted on a hollow rectangular block with painted hatching to the upper face and edges. 1.46 kg, 16.5 cm wide
From the Steel family collection, 1950s-late 1990s. -
Mesopotamian Stone Weight Collection
Circa 1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £91
Including tabular, cylindrical, conical and other types, all polished. 256 grams total, 17-54 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection. -
Western Asiatic Bull-Headed Bronze Spout
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Of roughly cylindrical form, terminating in a stylised bull's head with curved horns. 135 grams, 79 mm
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private collection since 1998.
