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LOT 0968
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal and Amethyst Bead Necklace
10TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
23 5/8 in. (82 grams total, 60 cm long).
Restrung designer necklace composed of graduated amethyst and quartz beads of fine facetted and smooth shapes including biconical, cubes and others. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
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LOT 0968
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal and Amethyst Bead Necklace
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Neo-Sumerian Clay Tablet
Ur III, 22nd-21st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £702
Of pillow-shaped form, bearing cuneiform text to both principal faces. 28.4 grams, 39 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1988. Thence by descent to family members. 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. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. -
Old Babylonian Clay Micro Cuneiform Tablet
18th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Bearing a literary text over two principal faces. 132 grams, 82 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. 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. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. -
Western Asiatic Religious Manuscript Page Group
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Group of sixteen paper leaves from a religious treatise, each comprising a block of twenty lines of Naskh script in black in with red sub-headings and highlighting, many framed by a large amount of handwritten marginal notation on various alignments with insertion points and references; probably from North Africa. 89 grams, 22.5 x 14.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
