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LOT 1309
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 3/8 in. (5.78 grams total, 2-9 mm).
A mixed group of small beads, pendants, and mounts. [42]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Western Asiatic Green and Yellow Glass Bead Necklace
Late 1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Restrung group of bicone, fusiform, oblate, striped 'date', and other beads with spacer beads. 23 grams, 36 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Sumerian Buff Stone Cylinder Seal
Uruk Period, circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Drum-shaped with frieze of drilled zoomorphic images to the sidewall; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.04 grams, 14.25 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Mesopotamian Granite Bowl
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Conical in profile with narrow base and rounded rim; diorite; rim chipped. 184 grams, 10 cm
Private Swiss collection. Acquired in 1999. Private collection, Europe. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
