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LOT 0922
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Other Necklace Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/4 - 1 1/2 in. (186 grams total, 6-37 mm).
Comprising beads of various types and sizes, including carnelian, quartz, agate and glass examples, together with spherical, oval, facetted, coin, drum and other shapes. [74]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 0922
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Other Necklace Bead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
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Elamite Silver Bird Pendant with Inlays
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Formed as two addorsed stylised birds with suspension lug between, remains of a cross to each body together with inlays, including highly reflective fragments, possibly haematite. 10.9 grams, 49 mm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
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Old Akkadian Stone Cylinder Seal
Circa 2340-2200 BC B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Engraved with a Master of Animals grappling with quadrupeds, a star in the field; drilled vertically for suspension. 9.07 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. -
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Western Asiatic Amethyst Scaraboid with Animal and Aramaic Inscription
Mid 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With plain domed upper face, incuse design to the underside of a horse's head and four Aramaic characters. 1.59 grams, 13 mm
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1969-1999; thence by descent.
