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LOT 0852
Western Asiatic Mixed Agate and Carnelian Bead Group
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 1/8 in. (194 grams total, 7-30 mm).
Mixed group of bicones, ovals, rounded, oblate and other types. [104]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Umayyad Lead Mirror Triptych
7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Three-piece lead-alloy frame; central panel a rectangular frame with loops at the corners, suspension ring, geometric openwork design with central roundel; two flanking rectangular openwork panels each with a facing female dressed in a calf-length robe supporting a ewer on her head. 54.5 grams total, 48-90 mm
From the collection of a prominent dealer of Islamic antiquities, Mr A.C., since 1980s. -
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Vessel with Figures and Birds
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Broad bulbous body with rounded underside, trumpet-shaped neck with carinated chamfered rim, strap handle, curved spout with supporting strap, decorated as beast-head with applied pellet eyes; circumferential painted ornament including figural and animal panel, bird motif and various coloured bands; repaired. 2.4 kg, 26.5 cm
Ex Rabi Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK. Ex private collection. -
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
With frieze depicting central standing figure (the god Enki) in ankle-length robe holding a vase from which four jets of water flow downwards; two flanking attendants in flounced robes; panel of cuneiform text; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 9.66 grams, 20 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. 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.
