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LOT 0889
Western Asiatic Gold Pendant
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (2.26 grams, 31 mm high).
A gold pendant with tablet-shaped stone body wrapped in a sheet-gold sleeve, granulated bead and suspension loop above, bulbous dangle below.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Western Asiatic Gold Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £683
A group of 100 gold beads of various types, including wheel, ribbed, spherical, granulated and other types. 6.49 grams total, 1-5 mm
Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman. -
Sumerian Pictographic Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
A ceramic pictographic tablet fragment bearing pictographs to one face. 10.4 grams, 33 mm
Acquired before 1988. Ex family collection. -
Nabataean Feeder Jar
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £152
A squat terracotta vessel with carinated profile, ribbing to the lower body, open mouth, short spout. 41 grams, 74 mm
From an important collection of Holy Land pottery formed pre 1988, thence by descent.
