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LOT 1104
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
12 5/8 in. (32.3 grams, 32 cm).
Composed of mainly oblate ceramic beads with two conical beads, including unglazed terracotta beads; restrung to a Y-shape with a green-glazed tabular pendant bead. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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 Fragmentary Cuneiform Barrel with Coin Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising: a fusiform ceramic bead with impressed cuneiform text in four columns; group of twenty-seven bronze coins and fragments; in old cardboard soap box with handwritten legend inside lid 'Bought from an old beggar Arab at Murood, in desert'; wrapped in fragments of old English-language newspaper dated March 31, 1928. 145 grams total including box, 1-56 mm
Early 20th century private collection, acquired March 1925. Subsequently Simon Chorley Art & Antiques Ltd, Gloucestershire, 23rd September 2010. Private collection, acquired from the above. In a box marked 'Found by ourselves in Desert at Murmood (?) March 1925'. 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. -
Sasanian Stone Stamp Seal Collection
5th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Comprising mainly plano-convex types in carnelian and other materials with various symbols and designs, some with Pahlavi legends. 124 grams total, 11-36 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12807-240724. 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. -
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Fertility Figure
1500-900 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Standing female deity (Astarte?), wearing a long robe and a broad textured necklace; arms bent and hands placed on the chest; beaked facial features with applied eyes. 78 grams, 14 cm
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman 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.