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LOT 1334
Western Asiatic Graduated Gold Tubular Bead Set
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 3/8 in. (3.17 grams total, 4-8 mm).
Mixed group of tubular beads with granulation or incised segmentation. [5]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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Hemispherical bowl with two pinched lamps to the rim, inner face with two facing ladders, central rectangular recess with two integral bird figures, two anthropoid females placed against the sidewall; outer face with carinated rim and circumferential bands. 1.38 kg, 22 cm wide
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Fine condition.
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.
