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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 Cylinder Seal with Abstract Design
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Of cotton-reel shape; deeply incised leaf and other motifs. 4.98 grams, 19 mm
Ex property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s, item no.28B (111). Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising a quantity of small beads, mostly drawn coloured glass beads intended for embroidery. 84 grams total, 1-16 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
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.