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LOT 1215
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Necklace
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
16 1/2 in. (27.9 grams, 42 mm).
A restrung designer necklace comprising plano-convex, barrel-shaped, oblate and other beads, the centrepiece a pendant cone. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
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Luristan Bronze Piravand Figure of a Man
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Opening Bid: £250
Columnar figurine with tall cap, bulbous eyes and nose, hands placed across the chest, raised belt, and genitals, openwork legs and base. 32.1 grams, 63 mm
From the H.N. collection. Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a London gentleman. -
Old Babylonian Terracotta Fragment with Bearded Man
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Modelled in the half-round on a rectangular panel, standing male with luxuriant beard and dressed hair, left arm bent and holding a fly-whisk. 66 grams, 80 mm
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995. with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003. Property of a London based academic, 2003-present. -
Mixed Glass and Stone Bead Group
20th century A.D. and earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including a tubular mosaic glass type, fusiform banded agate type, polyhedral lapis lazuli type, carnelian drum-shaped type and other beads. 99 grams total, 10-42 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.
