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LOT 1187
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Animal Bead
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (2.72 grams, 17 mm).
Modelled in the round with transverse piercing behind the shoulder.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Sumerian Calcite Figure of a Ram
Uruk, 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Modelled in the round with tall extended neck, coiled lateral horns, incised ring-and-dot motifs. 39.2 grams, 62 mm
Ex collection of the late Mr S. M., London, UK, 1970-1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Dagger Blade Collection
2700-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising five leaf-shaped blades with raised midribs, one with pierced tang rivet hole, another with two rivet holes on the round shoulders. 344 grams total, 18.5 - 21 cm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The shape of many blades with convex sides was undoubtedly the result of sharpening, but some may have been designed with this outline when a long narrow blade was needed for a special purpose. The daggers with large rivet holes in the round base probably originated by the Hyksos of the Egyptian Twelfth Dynasty. -
Western Asiatic Agate Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Composed of spherical beads interspersed with smaller metal beads; restrung. 86 grams, 69 cm
Ex collection of a late London, UK, collector, 1970s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
