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LOT 1247
Western Asiatic Cream Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
12 in. (12.5 grams, 30.6 cm).
Composed of mainly oblate and tubular beads with larger beads as the central feature, restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, collection.
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LOT 1247
Western Asiatic Cream Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Sasanian Blue Chalcedony Gemstone with Animal in Gold Ring
5th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £380
An oval grey-blue intaglio featuring a reclining antelope, set in a later hollow-form gold ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.95 grams, 25.63 mm overall, 18.29 x 18.82 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)
Acquired on the European art market. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Artefact Collection
Bronze Age, 1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Mixed group of items and fragments, including an arrowhead, a blade fragment, and other items. 176 grams total, 3.8-18.1 cm
Acquiredon the London, UK, art market, 1990s onwards. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £15
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.
