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LOT 1213
Western Asiatic Cream Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
11 3/8 in. (18 grams, 29 cm).
Composed of small oblate and other beads interspersed with larger discoid and rectangular beads, the central feature composed of larger beads, restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, collection.
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LOT 1213
Western Asiatic Cream Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Western Asiatic Carnelian and Gold Bead Necklace
Late 1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £355
Restrung group of tabular, fusiform and other carnelian beads, including some glass beads, with granulated tubular gold collar spacers between. 45.5 grams, 55 cm
From the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards. -
Post Sasanian Silver Footed Dish with 'Tamga'
Circa 8th-10th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £800
Discoid footed dish with raised rim, central tondo with parcel-gilt ring and 'tamga' motif. 466 grams, 22 cm
Private collection, UK. 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 search certificate number no.13029-247330.
During the Sasanian Empire, the North Iranian ‘tamgas’ became ‘Neshan’ or seals and heraldic symbols of nobility and military personnel, worn on their dress, horses, standards and personal belongings like this vessel. This characteristic continued during the early Muslim domination. Among the Neshan published by Christensen, one particular ‘tamga’, related to an unknown Sasanian clan, recalls exactly half of the one impressed on the present example (Farrokh, 2005, p.23 no.5). -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Comprising: frieze with profile advancing horse and birds above; scene with standing warrior in plumed helmet advancing with one arm raised, holding a weapon, grasping the stem of a sapling with leaping lion behind; running horse with sun and moon above; procession of tall robed figures and small kneeling figure between, chipped; fragment with deeply cut bird-heads and other items; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.2 grams total, 10-15 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
