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LOT 0207
Western Asiatic Gold Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 in. (6.49 grams total, 1-5 mm).
A group of 100 gold beads of various types, including wheel, ribbed, spherical, granulated and other types. [100]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970-2010.
Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
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Western Asiatic Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Group
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A mixed group of five ceramic tablet fragments, four bearing cuneiform text and/or pictograms to at least one face. 59 grams total, 24-47 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. -
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Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
24th-22nd century B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
A marble cylinder seal with frieze; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of white marble, 28 x 20 mm. Design : a standing hero with spikey hair is defending two horned animals being attacked by two lions. A second such hero is grappling with a monster with long plait. Akkadian, c.2400-2200 B.C. Condition very good save for chipped edges.' 16.1 grams, 29 mm
From an important family collection. 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. -
Framed Indo-Persian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
Late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
A manuscript leaf with a watercolour scene of two men in a landscape, one lying on the ground, surrounded by trees and grass, panels of five lines of a poem above and below, border around the whole; set in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame. 637 grams, 27.2 x 20 cm
Fair condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
