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LOT 1087
Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace
CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
18 1/8 in. (16.1 grams, 46 cm long).
Composed of restrung cream-coloured stone, shell, glass beads of mainly tubular, annular, disc and spherical types. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Western Asiatic Black-Glazed Ewer
12th-13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Piriform in shape with flared neck and tapering cylindrical spout; decorative metallic glaze and geometric piercing to the body; restored. 815 grams, 22 cm
Heavily restored.
Acquired 1960s-1970s. Old stock-number to base. From a UK private collection, 1981. -
Western Asiatic Stone Animal Seal
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Triangular in profile with suspension hole at the apex, underside with ropework border interrupted by a recumbent stag with large antlers facing a palm tree. 308 grams total, 10.2 cm wide including stand
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1969-1999; thence by descent. -
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'.
