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LOT 1171
Western Asiatic Gold Bead and Pendant Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/4 - 3/8 in. (4.91 grams total, 5-8 mm).
Comprising: seven granulated tubular beads; on oblate bead with tight rows of applied pellets; two discoid pendants with double suspension loop above. [11]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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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Western Asiatic Bronze Stamp Seal with Two-Headed Serpent
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Discoid in plan with loop handle, raised rim enclosing high-relief design of opposed heads of a two-headed serpent flanked by two smaller addorsed serpents. 18.5 grams, 27 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. -
Elamite Carnelian Necklace with Silver Pendants
Late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Restrung necklace of sheet-silver tubular beads with interstitial carnelian spacers, six sheet-silver cruciform pendants each with repoussé cross fleury motif. 29.2 grams, 50 cm long
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 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. -
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Western Asiatic Green Jasper Scaraboid with Combat Scene
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
With finely executed intaglio scene depicting a standing figure wielding an axe and holding a rearing lion beneath a solar disc; supplied with a museum quality impression. 5.38 grams, 20.66 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12714-234416. 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.
