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LOT 1223
Western Asiatic Faience Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
11 5/8 in. (23 grams, 29.5 cm).
Composed of spherical and oblate beads, restrung to a Y-shape with a discoid pendant. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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LOT 1223
Western Asiatic Faience Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Sumerian Stone Bull Amulet
3rd millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £624
Carved in the half-round, a bull with the legs folded beneath the body and head turned backwards. 21.56 grams, 49 mm
Acquired in the 1980s. From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Sassanian Agate Stamp Seal with Intaglio Depicting a Bull
4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £120
Comprising: carnelian stamp seal with crouching ram motif, ellipsoid intaglio with standing bull. 8.07 grams total, 11-22 mm
From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. -
Sumerian Green Stone Cylinder Seal
Uruk, 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
With incuse frieze of three horizontal lines of stylised seated figures, pierced for suspension. 17.5 grams, 21 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
