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LOT 0972
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 5/8 in. (89 grams total, 2-15 mm).
Comprising 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 0972
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Of various types including: a large coin-shaped bead; facetted beads; tear-shaped bead; amorphous beads and others. 76 grams total, 9-66 mm
Ex Robin Symes Gallery, pre 1999. -
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Western Asiatic Alabaster Bowl
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Of carinated form with everted rim. 435 grams, 15 cm wide
Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. -
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Mesopotamian Pictographic Clay Tablet
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,940
Inscribed on one face with a seven-panelled pictographic grid, with a branch above; the reverse inscribed with a branch and a motif containing two drilled circles. 42 grams, 69 mm
Very fine condition, chipped.
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. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11335-190939.
