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LOT 1225
Western Asiatic Glass and Silver Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM A.D. AND LATER
17 1/2 in. (66 grams, 44.5 cm).
Composed of mainly spherical brown and blue glass beads, with melon-shaped silver beads between; the central element of iridescent spiral cylindrical glass bead with a leaf-shaped grooved amethyst pendant; restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.
Ex property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Each a scallop-shaped panel with repoussé obverse plate, hatched detailing, hooked suspension. 25.6 grams total, 41 mm each
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Elamite Carnelian Necklace with Gold Tubular Pendants
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Restrung necklace of tubular carnelian beads with interstitial ribbed gold and biconvex blue glass beads, five conical gold pendants each with inset gemstone cloison. 40.93 grams, 53.3 cm long
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12536-231962. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Mesopotamian Bulbous Marble Vase
4rd-3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £800
Squat-bodied with a broad, rounded shoulder and base, short neck and flat everted rim. 1.95 kg, 13.7 cm
with Gerhard Hirsch Nachf, Germany, Auction 238|239, February 2005, no.107. Acquired by the present owner from the above. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12256-222173. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
