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LOT 0846
Western Asiatic Cream Stone Bead Necklace
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
25 1/4 in. (11.4 grams, 64 cm long).
Comprising cream-coloured stone or shell beads of various types, including one decorated with punched ring-and-dot ornament; restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx W.J. collection, 1990s.
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Amlash Terracotta Flagon
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Globular in form with flared cylindrical neck and integral handle with triangular projection; applied pellets either side, likely a zoomorphic representation, with incised vertical bands to the neck. 735 grams, 24.5 cm high
Ex Rabi Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK. Ex private collection. -
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Western Asiatic Limestone Shekel Weight Collection
Iron Age III, 9th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
A number bearing incised inscriptions; the set graduated in size, each weight with a domed profile; one with two old collection stickers to base. 96 grams total, 15-34 mm
Property of a North London gentleman.
Judean scale weights were primarily used to weigh amounts of silver, often in the form of hack silver. Modern scholarship has deduced that Judean weights were base on a standard of 11.4 grams to the shekel. -
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Holy Land Red Painted Pottery Amphoriskos
EB I, circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Piriform bodied with rounded base and cylindrical neck, two pierced lug handles, painted linear geometric forms. 227 grams, 10.6 cm high
From an important specialist collection formed in London, UK, before 1988.
