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LOT 1329
Western Asiatic Gold and Banded Glass Bead Necklace
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
17 7/8 in. (20 grams, 45.5 cm).
Composed of gold rectangular tubes, interspersed with later brown and white biconical glass beads; modern clasp, restrung.
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Mr S.M., London, formed 1948-2000.
Ex property of a North London 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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LOT 1329
Western Asiatic Gold and Banded Glass Bead Necklace
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Comprising a globular body with circumferential painted bands at the equator, trumpet-shaped neck and mouth. 522 grams, 16.2 cm
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Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Pillow-shaped with cuneiform text to the upper face; underside partly lost. 122 grams, 68 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. 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. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. 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. -
Western Asiatic Green and Yellow Glass Bead Necklace
Late 1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Restrung group of bicone, fusiform, oblate, striped 'date', and other beads with spacer beads. 23 grams, 36 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. 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.
