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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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Gandharan Gold Clad Figural Buddha Bead Group
Circa 1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
The majority displaying standing figures in repoussé to both faces of a lozenge-shaped body; five formed as naked male figures with hands clasped in front of the waist; a single bead formed as a full-bodied figure wearing a headdress, one hand held over the pubic region, which is pierced; sheet-gold over bituminous cores; from a ritual headdress; most complete. 78.32 grams total, 34-43 mm
Acquired 1970s onwards. Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK. Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
Although the Buddha himself never visited Gandhara, with the passage of time the area became a veritable holy land for his followers. Mahayanism – a liberal and progressive school of Buddhism – flourished in Gandhara and laid emphasis among other things, on the transformation of the Buddha into a great mythological, almost eternal, god, and on the deification of future Buddhas as holding providences. In the visual arts, Buddha was permitted for the first time to be represented in human form. -
Assyrian Tinned Bronze Bowl
Mid-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Plain round shaped with flat bottom and rolled rim. 317 grams, 13.7 cm
Collected from 1979-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Trial Piece: -num, son of Ad-da-al(?)-a/za(?)
2nd-1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £130
Steatite or talc with two columns of cuneiform text, un-drilled: -num, son of Ad-da-al(?)-a/za(?); possibly unfinished. 6.06 grams, 30 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection no.083. London collection, 2016.
