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LOT 0267
Western Asiatic Gold Necklace with Agate Beads
3000-2800 B.C.
31 1/2 in. (163 grams, 80 cm long).
Restrung necklace of agate beads and flat leaf-shaped gold plaques with oblate carnelian spacers.
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Important North West London collection.
Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport no.229806.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11968-210482.
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LOT 0267
Western Asiatic Gold Necklace with Agate Beads
Estimate £10,000 - 14,000€11,600 - 16,240 (for guidance only)$13,500 - 18,900 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Turquoise Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
1st millennium A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Restrung using mainly small drawn glass beads. 4.2 grams, 44 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Aramaic Terracotta Bowl with Magical Incantation
4th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
With conical body, the inner face bearing concentric rings of inked magical Aramaic text, repaired. 357 grams, 19 cm wide
Ex Family collection, London, UK, pre 1988.
Aramaic incantation bowls are particular to the Sassanian period and have been found in regions of modern Iraq. These simple ceramic bowls, also known as magic bowls, each contain an Aramaic inscription, written in ink, which spirals from the centre. The bowls seem to have played an important part in domestic life. For example, during excavation in Nippur in 1889, one or more incantation bowls were found in each house together with domestic artefacts, most often in doorways or under floorboards in the corner of rooms. The bowls are predominantly apotropaic, and the inscriptions tend to protect their owners from misfortunes such as those faced in child-birth, illness and evil spirits. -
Western Asiatic Tubular Gold Bead Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Group of twenty-six corrugated tubular sheet-gold beads. 4.38 grams total, 4-11 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
