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LOT 0975
Western Asiatic Glass and Stone Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/4 - 7/8 in. (17.8 grams total, 8-23 mm).
Comprising: two large lozenge-shaped carnelian beads; a cylindrical lapis lazuli bead; a later oblate agate bead; two roughly oblate carnelian beads; a teardrop-shaped unpierced amber specimen; and three later oblate beads in blue glass. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection formed 1970s-1990s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace
Circa 1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1
Restrung with three central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of white stone, rock crystal, glass, coral and shell. 15.6 grams, 46 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands. -
Western Asiatic Pink Marble Cylinder Seal with Antelopes
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
With frieze of running quadrupeds in a landscape. 14.4 grams, 19 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Luristan Bronze Hair Pin Collection
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With poppy-shaped head and flared collar beneath, one with balustered finial. 55 grams total, 10-14.5 cm
Private collection formed in the 1990s. Acquired from a central London gallery. Property of an Essex gentleman.
