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LOT 1226
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Necklace Bead Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D. AND EARLIER
1/8 - 3/4 in. (89 grams total, 2-21 mm).
Comprising a large quantity of beads including oblate seed beads, large tubular, facetted and discoid beads, and one shaped as a bird. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 1226
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Necklace Bead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Sumerian Terracotta Vessel
2600-2400 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Squat biconvex jar with short neck and broad flat mouth; shoulder and body decorated with dense array of radiating combed lines, interrupted at the equator by a herringbone-pattern band, '4' shaped herringbone motif to the underside. 322 grams, 12.3 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12257-222364. -
Mesopotamian White Stone Cylinder Seal
Circa 3200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
With frieze of animals; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and typed and signed scholarly note issued by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of white marble, 34x21mm. Four vertical rows of three animals each, largely done with the drill. Mesopotamian, c.3200 B.C. Condition fair.' 28 grams, 34 mm
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s. Accompanied by an original typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. -
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Jemdet Nasr Haematite Cylinder Seal
Circa 3100-2850 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With drilled and incised geometric design. 5.7 grams, 32 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection no.12. London collection, 2016.
