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LOT 0865
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 7/8 in. (67 grams total, 2-23 mm).
A mixed group of glass, shell and stone beads of annular, oblate, melon, and other types.
ProvenanceAcquired 1970-2010.
Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
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Cassite Silver Cylinder Seal Pair
Circa 13th-12th century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,400
A pair of hollow-formed silver cylinder seals comprising: the smaller with frieze of tall slender figures flanking an ankh symbol; the larger with facetted outer face featuring a standing female with raised arm, plaited hair and hatched skirt, a standing male with dagger(?), three panels of cuneiform text; the smaller seal able to fit within the larger. 7.53 grams, 22 mm
From an important family collection. 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 lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11639-199231. -
Western Asiatic Gold Pendant
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
A gold pendant composed of a tubular body wrapped around a banded agate or other stone tubular bead, three projections below with conical tops, granulated lozenge to one face enclosing a central dome; ribbed suspension loop. 2.22 grams, 15 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Decorated Bone Handle
Circa mid 1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A carved bone finial for a knife or other utensil, a lozengiform head with shaped flourishes to three sides, neck of oval cross-section, bifacial geometric decoration composed of ring-and-dot motifs and hatching; green colouration. 13.7 grams, 61 mm
Acquired 1990s. Ex French collection.
