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LOT 1289
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 3/4 in. (87.1 grams total, 2-21 mm).
Comprising a large quantity of variously shaped beads in lapis lazuli, carnelian, agate, glass and other materials.
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
LiteratureCf. Francis, P. Jr., ‘Glass Beads in Asia. Part I. Introduction’ in Asian Perspectives Vol. 28, no. 1, 1990, University of Hawaii Press, pp.1-21, pl.I, for similar.
FootnotesGlass is the premier bead material. Invented in the Middle East around 2500 B. C., glass making spread slowly. There are mainly two types of beads, drawn beads (when the tubes are cut in a short segments, which are usually agitated over heat to smooth off the sharp edges) or wound beads (made by wrapping molten glass around a rock, stick or wire. Once the bead is built up, it can be further pressed or paddled into shape, placed in a mold, or decorated with other colours of glass.
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LOT 1289
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Western Asiatic Pierced Stone Stamp Seal with Symbols
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
A polyhedral pyramid with cuboidal suspension black to apex; incised symbols to base. 27 grams, 36 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection. -
Early Dynastic Shell Cylinder Seal
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
With incuse design in two rows; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and typed and signed scholarly note issued by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Fossil Shell, 38x10 mm. The design is a pattern in two identical but staggered registers. In each there are two alternating motifs: the one a simple cross with horizontal and diagonal cuts around it, the other more like a flying insect also with supporting cuts. From Mesopotamia, c. 3000 B.C. Condition good.' 6.6 grams, 38 mm
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s. Accompanied by an original type and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. -
Achaemenid Bronze Bowl
Circa 7th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
With high tinning to the inner face giving a lustrous silvery finish, a tribute to the techniques of the Persian craftsmen; decorated with lightly incised concentric circles inside centre, thickened rim. 338 grams, 16.5 cm
From an old Oxford collection, formed in the 1980s. Ex Chris Martin, UK.
