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LOT 1044
Western Asiatic Gold Pendant with Beads
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (0.61 grams, 20 mm).
Polyhedral gold bead mounted on a wire shank with carnelin and blue glass beads.
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
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Phoenician Stone Bead with Symbols
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Oblate in form with vertical piercing, one half segmented, and a band of text to the other side, zigzag to the underside. 13.5 grams, 23 mm
From an old English collection, 1990s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Proto-Sumerian Terracotta Pictographic Tablet for the Distribution of Barley
Circa 3300-3000 B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Pillow-shaped tablet with dense cuneiform text to two broad faces and one edge. 130 grams, 82 mm
Private collection Mr S.A., acquired in 1994; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12116-218146. -
Western Asiatic and Other Stone Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Including tabular, oblate, tubular, square-section and other types in lapis lazuli, carnelian, terracotta and other materials. 122 grams total, 2-21 mm
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020.
