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LOT 1036
Western Asiatic Glass, Shell and Stone Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
15 1/2 in. (10.4 grams, 39.5 cm).
Composed mainly of oblate and annular beads, restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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LOT 1036
Western Asiatic Glass, Shell and Stone Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Western Asiatic Bronze Stamp Seal Pendant
14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Square in section with balustered shank and loop, Kufic script to underside. 9.3 grams, 26 mm including loop
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Plaque Idol
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Sheet-bronze figure with large discoid head stubby arms, triangular phallus; mounted on a custom-made stand. 22 grams total, 11.7 cm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Sassanian Black Stone Fragment with Hunting and Battle Scenes
5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Comprising: rectangular plaque and stepped finial; the plaque with beaded border and hatched inner band framing figural scenes in two registers; finial with horseman aiming his bow while galloping forwards, dead animals at his horse's hooves; underside segmented. 50.3 grams, 70 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.
