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LOT 0232
Western Asiatic Gold Bead Group
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 1/4 in. (14.12 grams total, 1-6 mm).
Over three-hundred beads of different types, including decorative examples. [380+]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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Western Asiatic Carnelian Triangular Bead will Galley
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Composed of a polished flat diamond-shaped carnelian bead, with pricked design in the form of a galley, drilled for suspension; sold together with six translucent green glass doughnut-shaped beads displaying decorative vertical dashes around the external faces. 4.51 grams total, 8-20 mm
From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980. -
Western Asiatic Carnelian Cylinder Seal with Animals
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £131
Engraved with a frieze of advancing winged quadrupeds; drilled vertically for suspension; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 1.88 grams, 16 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
Neo-Babylonian Haematite Duck Weight
Circa 7th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Polished and modelled with its head resting along its back and with simple, stylised detailing. 8.7 grams, 22 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection.
