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LOT 0192
Western Asiatic Gold Bead Drop Earrings
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/8 in. (9.08 grams total, 87-88 mm).
Each composed of a slender penannular hoop with loop below and coiled wire arm suspending decorated gold, polished garnet, pearl and composition beads below; assembled from elements. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970-2010.
Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
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LOT 0192
Western Asiatic Gold Bead Drop Earrings
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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Tel Brak Type Alabaster Eye Idol
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Anthropomorphic eye idol, possibly of figurative female form, carved with a bell-shaped body, two 'breasts', remains of openwork 'eyes' above. 33.5 grams, 43 mm
Acquired 1969-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
A classic artefact type from ancient Mesopotamia. Likely hand-carved using drills and string cutting. Eye idols were so named in the 1930s by the British archaeologist Max Mallowan. Whilst excavating a mound called Tel Brak, he discovered hundreds of anthropomorphic items of similar form, thus naming the mound 'Temple of the Eyes'. -
South Arabian Stone Stele with Personal Name
3rd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Bearing a stylised male face carved in relief above a Himyarite inscription. 13.9 kg, 39 cm high
Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Likely a funerary stele bearing the name of the deceased individual commemorated with the stone. -
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Western Asiatic Amuletic Jade Pendant with Kufic Inscription
20th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
Mottled stone engraved with Kufic text over three lines; integral suspension loop. 11 grams, 40 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
