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LOT 1281
Western Asiatic Silver and Stone Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
11 3/4 in. (31.2 grams, 30 cm long).
A restrung string composed of alternating carnelian and quartz beads interspersed with silver pomegranate-shaped beads, a large lozenge-shaped bead at the centre.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Decorated Black Stone Spindle Whorl
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Formed as a low domed disc, the upper face with engraved linear decoration and groups of ring-and-dot motifs. 29.4 grams, 47 mm
From a collection of a Devonshire, UK, gentleman established from the mid 1990s. -
Neo-Assyrian Grey Stone Cylinder Seal with Kneeling God
Circa 900-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
With a god shooting a sphinx; accompanied by a museum quality impression and a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Grey Stone, 39 x 12. Top and bottom borders are filled with rows of chevrons going in opposite directions, and the design between a kneeling god shooting at a facing sphynx with a bird's head. As filling motifs there are: a small tree or plant, a lozenge, a triangle and a crescent. At each end the stone is stained by remains of original bronze caps, and the bronze bar which ran through the central hole is still present, though the rest of the metal, save for traces, has disappeared. This is a Neo-Assyrian cylinder, c. 900-800 B.C., from Assyria itself, or from neighbouring areas.' 8.7 grams, 39 mm
From the private collection of a North American lady, formed 1970s-early 1990s, with collection reference no.P16. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert dated February 1992 and an old photograph. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Comprising beads of various shapes and sizes, including some granulated examples. 9.82 grams total, 7-13 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s. Accompanied by a previous typed cataloguing card. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
