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LOT 1264
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 3/4 in. (43.6 grams total, 2-20 mm).
Mainly pottery and some glass, annular, tubular, fusiform and other types. [100+, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Parthian Carnelian and Gold Bead Necklace
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Comprising: sheet-gold drum-shaped and octagonal-section beads with spherical pendants, graduated interstitial spherical or oblate carnelian beads; restrung with modern clasp. 44 grams, 46.5 cm long
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Western Asiatic Rock Crystal and Other Necklace Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £182
Including polished types and including spherical, facetted, amorphous and other shapes. 43 grams total, 5-17 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Islamic Leather Bound Chinese Qur'an, Juz' 25, Part 25
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, central arabesque foliage panel and foliage frame to front and back covers; title and end pages with liquid gold frame enclosing a pattern of geometric and floral blocks with Kufic script lozenge above calligraphic text; text pages with red-outlined rectangular panel and typically five lines of bold black-ink text with red diacritics and headers. 310 grams, 16.5 x 22.5 cm
From an important family collection started in the late 1950s. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
The text is a Chinese version of the Qur'an, Juz' 25, Part 25.
