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LOT 1248
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli and Stone Bead Necklace
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
31 1/2 in. (98 grams, 80 cm).
A restrung designer necklace composed of cylindrical white stone beads interspersed with oblate lapis lazuli beads and featuring seven unusual collared flattened beads in darker stone.
ProvenanceEx French gallery, 1970-1990.
Paris collection, France.
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LOT 1248
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli and Stone Bead Necklace
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Silver Seal Ring with Cyrillic Inscription
Circa 15th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
With drum-shaped bezel, animal motif and enigmatic surrounding text. 5.43 grams, 22.92 mm overall, 18.77 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Bactrian Bronze Weight
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
With biconvex body and tall tubular neck, integral ribbed collars; ferrous pin in situ. 274 grams, 96 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Akkadian Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Inscription
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With figural panel depicting a standing male in short tunic with fronds extending from his shoulders facing a female in a tiered robe standing beside a tree; to her rear, a second figure in floor-length garment holding staves, objects in the field; two and a half columns of cuneiform text; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 10.7 grams, 25 mm
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
