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LOT 1187
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Necklace
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
16 in. (21.2 grams, 40.5 cm).
Restrung group of glass seed beads with melon beads, centrepiece a large fusiform bead. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
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Luristan Bronze Dagger Blade
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Comprising a slender blade with a raised midrib extending towards the short tang. 147 grams, 27.7 cm
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Proto-Sumerian Alabaster Vessel
Circa 3000 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,600
Jar with slightly tapering cylindrical sidewall, flared rim to the mouth; incised hatched band to the shoulder and four pierced lugs. 1.02 kg, 11.7 cm wide
with Gwain McKinley, London, 1980s. Acquired from the above, 1993. Private European collection, thence by family descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12125-218132. -
Western Asiatic Gold and Glass Bead Necklace
Circa 1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £910
A restrung designer necklace composed of graduating dark biconical beads interspersed with later oblate gold beads; central feature a stone amulet depicting a squatting male with drilled detailing. 41.9 grams, 55 cm long
Ex French gallery, 1970-1990. Paris collection, France.
