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LOT 1161
Western Asiatic Stone and Shell Bead Necklace
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
18 1/8 in. (19.3 grams, 48 cm long).
Composed mainly of cream-coloured restrung stone and shell beads of amorphous, annular, spherical, barrel-shaped and other types. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
LiteratureCf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.163, for similar necklaces of stone.
FootnotesSimilar 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.
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Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £91
Mainly pottery and some glass, annular, tubular, fusiform and other types. 43.6 grams total, 2-20 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Gold Ring with Gemstones
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Tapering shank with bezel formed as a segmented inverted cone, with inset cabochon emerald, replicant sapphire, and rock crystal. 6.23 grams, 20.78 mm overall, 15.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)
Ex London, UK, collection of a gentleman, 1970s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12267-221081. -
Luristan Bronze Pin Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising: six specimens with a tapering round-section shank, balustered finial topped with a conical head, fastening holes; four specimens with tapering round section, poppy-shaped head and flared collar beneath. 714 grams total, 14.1-41.7 cm
From a collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
According to the study of Moorey, the knobbed pins from Iran are documented from the earliest periods of metallurgy, increasing in quantity during the late 2nd millennium, to reach the peak of the production from the early 1st millennium. Pins were used as hair and clothing fasteners, but it is not excluded that they could have been used by women as personal means of defence in dangerous situations.
