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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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Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £13
Restrung with three central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. 18.66 grams, 46 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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. -
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Azerbaijan Horse Rhyton
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Funicular body with a flaring neck and zoomorphic finial, with circular spout in its chest; chipped. 1.35 kg, 28 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Property of a London gentleman. -
Holy Land Terracotta Vessel with Pie-Crust Handles
Middle Bronze Age, early 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With bulbous body, flared rim to the mouth, lateral pie-crust ledge handles, pointillé segmentation lines. 96 grams, 84 mm wide
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.
