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LOT 1091
Western Asiatic Gold Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 7/8 in. (10.51 grams total, 3-23 mm).
Including fusiform, tubular, biconvex and other types. [38]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
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Achaemenid Pale Blue Bead Necklace
6th-4th century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £78
Restrung designer necklace with spherical, oblate, melon and other beads, the centrepiece a group of annular and tubular beads. 22.19 grams total, 33 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery. -
Western Asiatic Gold Bead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Including ribbed tubular, granulated disc, biconvex and other types. 10.13 grams total, 2-8 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s. -
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Neo-Babylonian Chalcedony Duck Weight with Engraved Figure
Circa 8th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
The animal carved with its head and neck resting along its back; stylised figure with crescent horns or headdress engraved to base; pierced for suspension. 5.07 grams, 21 mm
From an early 20th century collection, Caernarfon, North Wales, UK.
A corpus of similar pieces was found by Italian archaeologists in the city of Karkemish. They were produced and in use in the Iron Age I-III (i.e. from ca. 1190 B.C., date of the collapse of the Hittite Empire and the rise of the “Great Kings” of Karkemish, to 605 B.C., date of the “battle of Karkemish”, when the Babylonian army conquered the city.
