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LOT 0914
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 5/8 in. (84 grams total, 1-16 mm).
Comprising a quantity of small beads, mostly drawn coloured glass beads intended for embroidery.
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 0914
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Western Asiatic Artefact Group
19th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £169
Including a white metal pyxis, wooden dagger handle and other items. 168 grams total, 6.5-17.5 cm
From a UK private collection, before 1980. -
Large Bactrian Pottery Chalice
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With flared base and short cylindrical stem; tapering bowl with inverted rim, two decorative incised circumferential bands beneath the rim. 1.37 kg, 20.5 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Luristan Bronze Zoomorphic Pin Finial
Circa 8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Substantial cast finial of a gryphon in recumbent pose, arched neck and beaked head, diagonal folded wing, legs folded beneath the body; attachment for the pin at the rump. 155 grams, 72 mm
Acquired from Arte Primitivo, New York City, U.S.A., circa 2010. Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK. Accompanied by an original Bonham's catalogue page for an almost identical example.
