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LOT 1240
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 5/8 in. (70 grams total, 2-18 mm).
A mix of Asian, African, faience, terracotta, stone and shell beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Western Asiatic Engraved Amuletic Stone
20th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Carnelian slab with incised bird and fish images, calligraphic text to border and between figures. 49.8 grams, 50 mm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971. -
Western Asiatic Finned Macehead
Circa 1000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With eight projecting vertical flanges and a circular shaft hole. 310 grams, 67 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
In the Caucasus, the combat mace was very popular throughout the late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. The maces could have spiked bronze knobs or often less corrugated, or round, knobs which could also be effectively used. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Animal Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
Mixed group comprising: lion, resting with forelegs spread, inset glass eyes (one absent); hare resting, with long ears; rooster(?) with head turned to the rear, annular socket; leaping horse with forelegs raised. 76 grams total, 25-45 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
