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LOT 1658
Western Asiatic Gold and Other Bead Necklace
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
22 3/8 in. (78 grams, 57 cm).
Restrung designer necklace of three strands connected by a median vertical column; comprising mainly gold tubular beads with ribbing to the outer face, polyhedral carnelian beads, irregular green glass beads, square-section lapis lazuli beads and other types; the lower node a larger polyhedral lapis lazuli bead with a loop of barrel-shaped gold beads and other types.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 1658
Western Asiatic Gold and Other Bead Necklace
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Monumental Western Asiatic Pottery Jar
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Comprising a sharply tapering lower body, parallel-sided upper body and rounded rim; decorated in dark brown with thirteen square panels with central saltire on a hatched field; repaired. 17 kg, 64 cm high
with Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK, 1974. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12972-245238. -
Large Sasanian Agate Stamp Seal
Circa 4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Plano-convex in section with lightly incised geometric motif to underside. 18.52 grams, 27.58 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Molar Glass Vessel
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With segmented body and expanding tubular neck, four stub feet to the underside. 16.26 grams, 48 mm
From a London, UK, collection of glass, 1970-2000s.
