Loading, please wait...
LOT 0892
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Collection
3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 5/8 in. (44.5 grams total, 3-42 mm).
Comprising beads of various materials and shapes, including: lapis lazuli, gold glass, glazed faience, glass, gold and other beads; decorated with animals, floral compositions and geometric motifs. [56, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Robin Symes Gallery, pre 1999.
CONDITIONTimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
-
Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Group
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Each of the six fragments bearing cuneiform text or pictograms to at least one face. 93 grams total, 24-46 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. 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. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. -
Gemstone with Kufic Inscription in Silver Ring
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Carnelian bezel with inscribed names of Muhammed and twelve Imams, in a later silver finger ring. 13.18 grams, 29.95 mm overall, 20.42 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990. -
Luristan Bronze Pin with Sacrificial Scene
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Formed with a tapering round-section shaft and discoid head displaying a repoussé scene composed of a horned animal head over a pair of serpents, mythical hybrid creatures with bird heads and goat legs grappling with serpent-like birds, leaping goat at base, all framed by a pelletted roundel; mounted on a custom-made backing board with fabric covering. 157 grams, 37.5 cm
From a London, UK, gallery, 1980s.
