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LOT 0275
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 in. (20.24 grams total, 2-8 mm).
Group of beads of tubular, spherical, biconvex and other types. [Over 250]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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Luristan Bronze Horse Bit Group
11th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising two smaller examples with straight mouth bit and one remaining scrolled loop; two substantial square-section examples with looped terminals. 567 grams total, 17.2-22.5 cm
From a UK private collection, before 1980. -
Western Asiatic Gold Pendant with Turquoise
Late 1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising a turquoise-coloured glass bead, encased inside a gold fitting with a suspension loop. 0.17 grams, 8.30 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
A great number of turquoise jewellery was employed by the Kushans, as shown by the marvellous finds of Tillya Tepe. In grave I the remains of a noblewoman show complex garment decoration, making use of bracteates, including triangles of gold with a granulated finish, double lozenges in turquoise, lapis lazuli and pyrites, and a square bracteate with turquoise inlaid work. -
Tel Halaf Terracotta Fertility Figure
6th-5th millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £494
With pinched facial features, applied breasts, horizontal bands of pigment; restored from old and new pieces. 119 grams, 94 mm
Acquired 1980-1990s. From the private collection of H.N., Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
