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LOT 0878
Western Asiatic Gold Earring Group
LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
3/8 - 1 in. (6.69 grams total, 10-27 mm).
Comprising seven gold hoop earrings comprising: an example composed of a coiled wire and bead bezel; one with hollow-formed capsule-shaped bulb decorated with a medial twisted wire collar; a crescentic hoop with granulated pyramids to the lower edge and one loop; hollow-formed crescentic earring with coiled collars; a flat-section crescent with hook-and-eye closure; a hollow-formed crescent-shaped earring with expanded central section and remains of hinge closure; hoop with single granulations to lower body, triangular plaque below, dangle comprising gold granulated beads and pearl and facetted blue bead, possibly of stone; including fragmentary examples. [7]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970-2010.
Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
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LOT 0878
Western Asiatic Gold Earring Group
Estimate £350 - 450€410 - 520 (for guidance only)$470 - 610 (for guidance only)
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Amlash Bronze Ring
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
The discoid bezel displaying a stylised geometric motif in relief, supported by a hoop with convex outer face. 14.35 grams, 26.51 mm overall, 19.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
UK collection, early 1990s and before. Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. From a private collection, Lancashire, UK. -
Western Asiatic Millefiori Glass Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Comprising opaque polychrome glass beads of mainly spherical and tubular types, displaying an array of decorative techniques and patterns including millefiori, chequer-board, trailed and others; restrung, with a modern clasp. 101 grams, 45 cm long
Ex private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s. -
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Mesopotamian Pictographic Clay Tablet
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,940
Inscribed on one face with a seven-panelled pictographic grid, with a branch above; the reverse inscribed with a branch and a motif containing two drilled circles. 42 grams, 69 mm
Very fine condition, chipped.
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. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11335-190939.
