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LOT 0264
Western Asiatic Stone Bead Necklace
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
20 1/2 in. (107 grams, 52 cm long).
Restrung group of graduated size square cushion-shaped beads with small squat carnelian biconical bead spacers.
ProvenanceAnonymous sale; Francois de Ricqles, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 25-26 September 1998, lot 74.
with Christie's London, 2 May 2013, lot 129.
Important North West London collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11967-210481.
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LOT 0264
Western Asiatic Stone Bead Necklace
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace
Circa 1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1
Restrung with three central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of white stone, rock crystal, glass, coral and shell. 15.6 grams, 46 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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. -
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Frieze of two bulls and rosettes within beaded borders. 10.2 grams, 31 mm
From a private UK collection formed from 1960. -
Western Asiatic Stone and Shell Bead Necklace
Circa 1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Restrung with two central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. 18.9 grams, 46 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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.
