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LOT 1628
Western Asiatic Engraved Bead Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 1 1/4 in. (20 grams total, 14-31 mm).
Including fusiform and other types with concentric lozenges, profile standing figure with staff and other motifs. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 1628
Western Asiatic Engraved Bead Collection
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Terracotta Two-Handled Storage Bowl
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With deep rounded underside, broad sloping shoulder and raised rim to the mouth; two pierced lugs to the shoulder, four applied linear bands to the underside. 505 grams, 17.5 cm wide
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Sumerian Shell Amulet
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Fragment of a carved zoomorphic plaque with a suspension hole at the shoulder and ring-and-dot motifs along the flank; old collector's card 'Sumerian 3rd millennium B.C. Shell amulet in form of a stylised recumbant [sic] animal. Eyes represented by roundels similar on body & drilled for suspension. 60 x 35 mm (max). Similar amulets have occured [sic] at Tel Hadidi & have been dated to 2300 BC. Last auction prices £300-370 each)'. 13.1 grams, 52 mm
Acquired from John L.Homan, Lincolnshire, UK, 1990s. Accompanied by an original, old handwritten collector's information card. -
Near Eastern Miniature Glass Flask
9th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bulbous body with a concave base, short tubular neck and an everted rim. 20.9 grams, 50 mm
Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s.
