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LOT 1306
Western Asiatic Gold Openwork Pendant
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (1.21 grams, 30 mm).
Comprising an openwork body with two symmetrical pendants hanging from each corner, the pendants composed of a tubular coral bead with an arrow-like gold breloque below.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Accompanied by an old collection ticket.
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Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
Restrung designer necklace of graduated spherical and melon glass and stone beads with oblate mosaic types. 20.5 grams, 37.5 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery. -
Amlash Bronze Openwork Artefact Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising: a wheel-type pendant; an annular mount with notched outer edge; a similar mount with inner rings; an annular mount with circular openings; two mounts with four openings to each, raised bosses separating the openings; a strap divider with spiral decoration. 149 grams total, 46-80 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Sassanian Red Jasper Stamp Seal with Human-Headed Bull
4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,111
Plano-convex seal with intaglio crouching Gopatshah bull with a man's head, crowned, and small wing to his shoulder; Pahlavi inscription 'pst'n 'L yzd' (reliance on god); supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.96 grams, 18 mm
Acquired between 1980-1983. From the 'Empire' collection, an important UK private collection of seals, no.13. Accompanied by a copy of an old typed cataloguing page signed by A D H Bivar. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12128-217083.
