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LOT 1269
Western Asiatic Gold Tubular Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/8 in. (1.50 grams total, 8-10 mm).
Mixed group of cylindrical ribbed beads. [10]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
The jar belongs to the Early Bronze Period I or II of Canaan, in red decoration with net pattern, and it is unusual having an oval cross-section. Many of these jars were found at Tell el-Far'ah. -
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Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s. -
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