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LOT 1362
Western Asiatic Silver-Coloured Metal Bead Group
CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 3/4 in. (38 grams total, 13-21 mm).
Comprising nine beads with central filigree collar and beaded collar to each end, one melon bead and one openwork bead. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx collection of a late London, UK, collector, 1970s.
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.
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Western Asiatic and Other Pottery Collection
3rd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A mixed group comprising three bulbous jars, two footed bowls and a one squat jar; fragmentary. 2.89 kg total, 13-19.5 cm
From a West Country collection, UK, 1990s. 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. -
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Neo-Assyrian Chalcedony Cylinder Seal for the God Samnuha from Samsanu
9th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
Carved with five columns of cuneiform inscription: 'To the god Samnuha, great lord, Samsanu, eunuch, for the life of [the king) Samnuha-shar-ilani, his Lord, he made and gave (this seal)'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 16.8 grams, 40 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12586-232162. 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. -
Sasanian Silver-Gilt Wine Vase with Handle
6th-7th century A.D. and earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
With waisted neck, mouth with vertical wall, underside of foot with hatched lozenge; earlier strap handle from mouth to shoulder formed as a leaping lioness with forepaws hooked over the rim. 612 grams, 19 cm high
Private collection, 1980s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12711-235451. 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.
