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LOT 0302
Western Asiatic Chalcedony Bead with Aramaic Inscriptions
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (3.6 grams, 19 mm).
Scaraboid in profile, angular inscription to underside; chipped.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 0302
Western Asiatic Chalcedony Bead with Aramaic Inscriptions
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
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Western Asiatic Gold and Coral-Coloured Bead Pendant
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising a tubular sheet-gold sleeve with repoussé domed upper and suspension loop, enclosing a conical fragment. 0.79 grams, 15 mm
Ex Japanese collection, 1970-2010. Accompanied by a previous cataloguing card. -
Elamite Silver Beaker with Three Ibexes
Circa 2,500-1,500 B.C.Estimate: £25,000 - 35,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £12,500
Raised from a single sheet with conical body and everted rim, three striding ibexes in repoussè, each with its head held up high and depicted with defined musculature and genitalia; band of ovule decoration above and below, three hanging flowers separating the ibexes; the base with an eight-petalled flower; late Elamite or Marlik. 153 grams, 12 cm
Acquired in New York, USA, 1966. Private collection. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.12161-218632.
This splendid vessel, decorated with a design possibly of Elamite origin, probably originates from North-Western Iran, or from southern Caspian area. Hammered sheet vessels were produced in Western Iranian metal workshops since the 3rd millennium B.C. (Moorey, Bunker, Porada, Markoe, 1981, p.82). -
Western Asiatic Carnelian, Agate and Silver Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Composed of oval beads interspersed with shorter oval beads, two pairs of silver oval beads to the centre with a conical feature bead; restrung. 45 grams, 50 cm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
