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LOT 1243
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal and Other Necklace Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 5/8 in. (43 grams total, 5-17 mm).
Including polished types and including spherical, facetted, amorphous and other shapes. [50]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 1243
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal and Other Necklace Bead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Western Asiatic Bronze Pendant with Cross
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Ellipsoid loop developing to a short shank, biconvex bulb with eight vents and four stub arms, short shank below and lentoid loop with stub arms; possibly a liturgical thurible censer. 31 grams, 75 mm
From 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. -
Western Asiatic Glass Bottle with Blue Trail
9th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Aqua glass with applied dark blue glass trail to foot and neck, everted rim. 27.2 grams, 93 mm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet of a Contract
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Pillow-shaped with cuneiform text to both broad faces and one long edge; part of one face absent. 58 grams, 58 mm
From specialised collection of cuneiform texts, formed in the 1950s-1990s. The property of a London gentleman and housed in London, 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 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.