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LOT 1559
Western Asiatic Mixed Amulet and Bead Collection
3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 in. (40 grams total, 4-27 mm).
Including a barrel-shaped banded agate bead, two teardrop-shaped pendants with engraved motifs, and others. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureSee Negahban E.O., Marlik: The Complete Excavation Report, 2 vols., Philadelphia, 1996, pl.60, for similar beads used on necklace.
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LOT 1559
Western Asiatic Mixed Amulet and Bead Collection
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Western Asiatic and Other Mixed Ceramic Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of spherical, oblate and melon beads with an annular loop and a large amuletic bead as a central feature, restrung. 25.3 grams, 32.5 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Sasanian Agate Stamp Seal with Gryphon
3rd-7th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £12
Ellipsoid plaque with incuse gryphon crouching with wings spread; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 7.4 grams, 20 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Mesopotamian Decorated Alabaster Bowl
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
With flat rim and four projecting lugs; band of incised concentric rings to the rim and shoulder; curving sidewall to a narrow flat base. 503 grams, 13.2 cm wide
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; by descent to the current owner.
Vessels of this typology were used mainly as mortars for crushing legumes, cereals, fruit, spices, the bare minimum needed for preparing daily food, but also for pharmaceutical products and for painting, for mixing colours and ointments.
