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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
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Western Asiatic Stone Cup
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Carved with a broad flat base, gently flared profile, rounded rim. 174 grams, 72 mm wide
Private collection, assembled in the 1950s-1970s, thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol Head
Circa 1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Tongue-shaped panel with integrally-moulded facing female bust, hair in radiating braids, transverse headband, lateral plaits, exaggerated lentoid eyes; plain to reverse. 17.7 grams, 42 mm
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent. Accompanied by the original collector's data sheet(s) with reference no.A82. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising: a white stone cylinder seal with lozenges and 'eye' motifs; a brown stone cylinder seal with a standing robed figure and a standing quadruped; a small cream cylinder with three deeply carved motifs; a black stone fragment showing the body of a seated figure; a black stone cylinder seal fragment showing a winged genie and two smaller standing figures; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 16.03 grams total, 13-25 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
