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LOT 1055
Western Asiatic Stone Beads with Engraved Animals
20TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
3/4 in. (22.1 grams total, 20-22 mm).
Two roughly spherical beads carved from a milky stone, both possibly engraved later, a frieze of animal and mythical figures, together with a single, apparently human, figure. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected since the 1970s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Bracelet Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising two penannular D-section bracelets with hammered finials. 22.8 grams total, 61-63 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Mesopotamian Amethyst Cylinder Seal with Bearded God
Circa 900-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
With bearded male between winged horses; accompanied by an old scholarly note, written and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Amethist [sic] 24 x 11mm. Standing god between two winged horses. North Mesopotamia or West Iran. c.900-600 B.C. Condition good.' 6.57 grams, 23 mm
Ex Oasis Ancient Art, London, W1, before 1990. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the 1990s. From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent. Accompanied by an original handwritten and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
Restrung designer necklace with tubular, oblate and other beads, the centrepiece formed of six shell bracelet sections. 45.3 grams, 34 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery.
