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LOT 1234
Western Asiatic Gold Necklace Element
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/8 in. (9.34 grams, 59 mm).
Slightly curved hollow-formed decorative element from a necklace or collar, with three rows of cells to the segmented body each with a granulated collar, two lentoid eyes two one end and three flanges to the other, open at both ends and plain to the underside.
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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LOT 1234
Western Asiatic Gold Necklace Element
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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Rock Crystal Engraved Seal
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Hexagonal in section with pointed ends, one face ribbed with pierced lugs, one with scrolled tendrils, one with wing and rosettes, three with calligraphic text. 33 grams, 50 mm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971. -
Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet Group with Legal Texts
Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
Comprising two pillow-shaped clay tablets comprising: one in dark brown material, cuneiform text to both broad faces and one edge, polished surface, end of the third millennium but with an Akkadian administrative text; one in tan-coloured material, cuneiform text to both broad faces and three edges, a legal text from the beginning of the second millennium. 90 grams total, 45-51 mm
Acquired in the 1970s. European private collection.
