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LOT 1113
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 5/8 in. (8.32 grams total, 1-14 mm).
Including spherical, tubular, biconvex and other types, some with granule detailing. [96]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s-2000s.
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LOT 1113
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Bactrian Style Bowl Fragment
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising a portion of the rim, silver-coloured metal short sidewall and base; rim with vine tendrils, leaves and bunches of grapes modelled in high-relief and extending into the bowl; base with a ring of right-facing male profile busts each within a pelletted hoop, and border of larger pellets below; underside abraded. 132 grams, 13.5 cm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Carnelian Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Graduated string of irregular beads and dangles, banded centrepiece. 22.5 grams, 34 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Restrung designer necklace with two central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. 16.6 grams, 35 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands.