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LOT 1439
Western Asiatic Silver-Coloured Metal Rings with Calligraphic Gemstones
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (38.8 grams total, 25-27 mm).
Comprising four rings set with carnelian gemstones, each with a densely arranged calligraphic inscription. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 1439
Western Asiatic Silver-Coloured Metal Rings with Calligraphic Gemstones
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Stone Amulet Group
1st millennium B.C.-1st millennium A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a black stone stamp seal with integral loop and hatched decoration on the underside; a fragment of a white stone seal showing the frontal part of an advancing ibex; a grey stone bead formed as a stylised bird; a red and light-green rectangular amulet pierced through the upper edge. 11.98 grams total, 15-23 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Deer and Scorpion
Circa 1500-1300 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Barrel-shaped with incuse frieze of a leaping deer and a scorpion, pellets in the field; supplied with an old dealer's ticket and a museum-quality impression. 13 grams, 22 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by a previous handwritten catalogue note card. -
Bactrian Carnelian and Agate Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Composed of tabular lozenge-shaped, biconial, spherical and facetted beads, restrung with a hook-and-loop clasp. 88 grams, 86 cm
Acquired in London, 1974. Ex K.M., London, UK. with Gorny and Mosch, Auction 252, 13 December 2017, no.357. with Gorny and Mosch, Auction 256, 26 June 2018, no.273. Private collection, London, UK.
