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LOT 1142
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 7/8 in. (56 grams total, 2-23 mm).
Including tubular, tabular, annular and other beads in glass, shell, stone and ceramic. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Western Asiatic Stone Libation Bowl
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With a biconical body and flared foot set off-centre, large U-shaped spout and flat rim. 667 grams total, 11.9 cm
From a collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Neo-Babylonian Chalcedony Stamp Seal with Animal
6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £315
Tongue-shaped in profile with incuse image of an advancing ram beneath a crescent moon, arrow in the field. 4.40 grams, 18.46 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Aramaic Silver Plaque
2nd-8th century A.D.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Sheet silver rectangle with impressed text; unfolded. 0.52 grams, 46 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.