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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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Mesopotamian Pictographic Tablet Relating to Cattle
Uruk III, circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
A bifacial pillow-shaped clay tablet bearing pictographs relating to cattle to both principal faces; repaired. 130 grams, 56 mm wide
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. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
Early writing was used primarily as a means of recording economic data. At the end of the 4th millennium B.C., written language developed in Mesopotamia as pictographs, later evolving into abstract forms called cuneiform. Pictographs were drawn in the clay with a pointed implement. Circular impressions alongside the pictographs represented numerical symbols. Cuneiform (meaning wedge-shaped) script was written by pressing a reed pen or stylus with a wedge-shaped tip into a clay tablet. -
Western Asiatic Jar with Birds
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £194
An ovoid ceramic jar with waisted neck and collared rim, decorated with polychrome geometric motifs including circumferential bands of chevrons, plain bands and hatching. 3.4 kg, 32.5 cm high
Fine condition.
Acquired 1970s-1990s. Ex Pars Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK. From a specialist collection of pottery. -
Western Asiatic Glazed Tile Collection
16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
A group of three glazed ceramic tiles each with green border enclosing white bands and median deep-blued band with tendrils, flowers and leaves in white, yellow, black and turquoise; Iranian workmanship. 2.4 kg total, 24-25 cm
Ex Hagop Kevorkian, 1979. Important North West London collection.
