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LOT 1089
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 5/8 in. (88 grams total, 1-15 mm).
Comprising a quantity of small beads, in mixed shapes, colours and materials; each pierced for stringing.
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 1089
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Western Asiatic Science of Astronomy and Mathematics Manuscript Page Group
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Group of twelve leaves from a scientific treatise written in blocks of twenty-one lines of black ink Naskh script with occasional red insertions and highlighting; text figures in red ink; tabulation grids and zodiacal figures in red with black numerals and marginal calculations in blue; probably from North Africa. 60 grams, 21 x 15.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Amlash Bronze Ring
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
With four-banded hoop and large circular bezel also made from coiled wire, insect(?) motif applied to the surface. 17.62 grams, 32.83 mm overall, 17.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Ex old English collection. London art market, 1980s. -
Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Engraved with frieze of enigmatic motifs; drilled vertically for suspension. 6.76 grams, 22 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
