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LOT 1226
Western Asiatic Glass and Stone Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
18 1/8 in. (16.7 grams, 46 cm).
Composed of graduated beads of various shapes, central feature a large later triangular red glass bead, restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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Achaemenid Silver Bracelet Pair
Circa 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Group of two penannular bracelets, each a round-section bar with clubbed ends. 44 grams total, 58 mm each
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Large Western Asiatic Terracotta Jar with Horses
Iron Age, late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
With bulbous body and tapering neck, flared rim; painted circumferential rings and frieze of advancing horses to shoulder. 1.88 kg, 27 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Amlash Type Bronze Spearhead
12th-11th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
With heavily ridged and tapered leaf-shaped blade, long slightly flared grooved neck and square-section tapered tang. 223 grams, 31.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
The weapon belongs to the type 1 of the spearhead classification of Khorasani, mainly coming from Marlik or Amlash areas. Similar pieces have been dated by Stutzinger to 1200-1100 B.C.
