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LOT 0984
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 5/8 in. (89 grams total, 2-15 mm).
A mixed group of glass, shell and stone beads of cylindrical, oblate, spherical and other types.
ProvenanceAcquired 1970-2010.
Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
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LOT 0984
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Painted Jar
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
An ovoid ceramic jar with short neck, chamfered rim and discoid foot, painted geometric frieze to the upper body composed of plain circumferential bands, chevrons and pellets. 805 grams, 21.2 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Gold and Garnet Pendant
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
A gold pendant with openwork filigree cell set with a capsule-shaped polished garnet, the pendant body with ribbed cylindrical neck and bulbous openwork loop embellished with granulated collars, pyramid granule finial. 1.74 grams, 21 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
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Mesopotamian Cylinder Seal with Walking Women
4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
A drum-shaped stone cylinder seal with figural frieze; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of red stone, 18 x 20 mm. Frieze of four walking women holding standards. Mesopotamia, c.3000 B.C. Condition fine.' 13.7 grams, 18 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. Accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
