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LOT 1876
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 1876
Western Asiatic Gold and Other Bead Necklace
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£550 (EUR 638; USD 743) ‡+BP*
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Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Glass Bead Collection
Circa 1st millennium A.D. and laterEstimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Group of beads in various shapes, including oblate, tubular, biconical, spherical, and others. 35 grams total, 7-50 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Jemdet Nasr White Stone Stamp Seal in the Form of a Lion with Engraved Animals
Circa 3000 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Carved in the half-round as a stylised animal head, restrung with round red stone beads at each end, accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of White Marble, 20 x 24 x 7.5 mm. This seal has the form of a lion's head on the top side, cut from a pebble with snout, mouth, eyes and ears marked by cuts in the stone. It is pierced from top to bottom in the middle. The flat base is engraved with five animals done mostly with the drill. One horned animal, and three springing rodents and one sheep (?) can be made out. Five almost vertical lines, four between the animals, one in the centre, probably represent snakes. This is a seal of the Jemdet Nasr period, c. 3000 B.C., from Sumer or south-west Iran, and is in very good state of preservation. It is an interesting example of sculpture from the dawn of history'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.9 grams total, seal: 24.5 mm
Ex Mr K. Kobayashi, Galerie Archaique Ltd, Osaka, Japan, prior to 1988. Accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1990. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Seal Matrix with Sea Scrolls
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Chessman-type with knop finial, incuse design of opposed scrolls; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 13.9 grams, 23 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
