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LOT 0878
Western Asiatic Silver Dress Pin
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/8 in. (13.1 grams, 85 mm).
With a short tapering body, balustered finial topped with three rounded cuboids. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection formed in the 1970s-1980s.
From the Inglismaldie Castle estate, Angus, Scotland, by descent to the current owner.
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Western Asiatic Gold Boss Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Mixed group of domed sheet gold appliqués, each with a flat attachment loop to verso. 6.97 grams total, 1-6 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
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Western Asiatic Gold Necklace with Agate Beads
3000-2800 B.C.Estimate: £10,000 - 14,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5,000
Restrung necklace of agate beads and flat leaf-shaped gold plaques with oblate carnelian spacers. 163 grams, 80 cm long
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection. Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport no.229806. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11968-210482. -
Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £85
Restrung with three central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. 19.5 grams, 44 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands.
