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LOT 1327
Western Asiatic Gold Disc Ornament Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 1/2 in. (3.21 grams total, 2-11 mm).
Mixed group of domed appliqués in a display frame. [19]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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LOT 1327
Western Asiatic Gold Disc Ornament Collection
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Mesopotamian Alabaster Bowl with Inlaid Animals
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Low dish or bowl with flared sidewall, inlaid appliqués to outer face formed as leaping animals, discs, birds and other types. 347 grams, 16 cm wide
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Qajar Necklace with Gold Pendants
18th-early 20th century A.D. and earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £650
A restrung necklace composed of ancient faience beads of tubular and biconical types, with later gold dangles comprising fishes, crescent moons, pierced bracteates bearing a male bust in military dress, pear-shaped and pelletted pendants; hook-and-eye closure. 26.37 grams, 48 cm long
Fine condition.
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Carnelian and Other Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £221
Comprising a variety of beads mainly in carnelian and glass, including oblate, cylindrical, discoid and other types. 102 grams total, 5-15 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Carnelian beads were diffused in West from the Iranian and other Western Asiatic countries. During Antiquity, the beads were transported from their places of manufacture in India and Persian Empires, and archaeological and literary sources provide evidence of the high prosperity of the Red Sea ports as well as of their trade contact with the Indo-Pacific regions.
