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LOT 1139
Western Asiatic Stone Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 3/4 in. (108 grams total, 4-19 mm).
Comprising several hundred mixed small beads, mostly round or tubular forms, in red carnelian and other materials; all pierced for stringing. [478]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Western Asiatic Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £85
Restrung designer necklace with two central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. 25.7 grams total, 45 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
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. -
Holy Land Trefoil-Mouthed Terracotta Jug
Middle-Late Bronze Age, 2000-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Globular in profile with pinched trefoil mouth and strap handle to the rear; inked accession number 'LS 1022' to underside. 452 grams, 16 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
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Western Asiatic Bronze Pendant with Cross
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Ellipsoid loop developing to a short shank, biconvex bulb with eight vents and four stub arms, short shank below and lentoid loop with stub arms; possibly a liturgical thurible censer. 31 grams, 75 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
