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LOT 1086
Western Asiatic Mosaic Bead Group
18TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2- 1 1/4 in. (78 grams total, 12-32 mm).
Comprising polychrome beads with attractive mosaic and trail designs, some with applied pellets, one with applied eye-motifs; one fragmentary. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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Achaemenid and Other Pale Blue Bead Necklace String
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Restrung group of graduated glass and other beads, mainly oblate and tubular types with dangle centrepiece. 10.6 grams, 33 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Amlash Bronze Mother and Child Amulet
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Figurine with large piriform head, standing nude holding a baby across her chest; with keeled nose and bulbous eyes, exaggerated lentoid mouth; the baby wrapped in covering, with pellet eyes; loop to rear of head. 29.9 grams, 61 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Sumerian Jemdet Nasr Stone Boar Amulet
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With a crescentic polished body, head with drilled eyes and slit mouth, pierced through the raised median collar. 11.2 grams, 56 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
