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LOT 1082
Western Asiatic Red Sandstone Fragment Group
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 - 8 3/4 in. (3.1 kg total, 9-22 cm).
Including a frieze fragment with arcade and part of an arch. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Western Asiatic Red Agate Necklace
2nd-1st century B.C. and laterEstimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Graduated group of restrung tubular and biconvex beads with later gilt-metal interstitial oblate collars; S-hook and eye closure; with custom display box. 56.89 grams, 61.5 cm long
Ex Swiss collection, kept in London since the 1980s. -
Mixed Ancient Necklace Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £390
Comprising a large quantity of beads in glass, stone and faience, including some large tabular and cylindrical beads. 85 grams total, 1-25 mm
From a bead collection formed in the 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Chalcedony Bead with Aramaic Inscriptions
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Scaraboid in profile, angular inscription to underside; chipped. 3.6 grams, 19 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
