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LOT 1038
Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
17 3/4 in. (19.8 grams, 45 cm long).
Restrung; composed of polished stone, glass and shell beads of various types, including a disc-shaped pendant bead. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Western Asiatic Gold and Garnet Pendant
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Composed of polished garnet and gold beads suspended on gold wire, three conical bosses below and conjoined coiled wire pendants below; repaired. 2.22 grams, 33 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
With broad central piercing, frieze with seated king in a tiered robe facing two robed supplicants, scorpion and goat to the rear. 7.59 grams, 25 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection no.18. London collection, 2016. -
South Arabian Alabaster Tablet with Inscription
3rd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Rectangular with two lateral flanges to the upper face; worked and dressed face with legend in seriffed South Arabian script. 1.3 kg, 12 cm
Acquired by Barbara Toy, 1950/60s and thence by descent.
The South Arabian script is an abjad written sinistrograde; the present text appears to contain the numerals for '1' and '100'.
