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LOT 0858
Western Asiatic Stone Ladybird Amulet
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (6.5 grams, 22 mm).
Plano-convex body with incuse pellet 'spots', facial details.
ProvenanceEx old English collection.
London art market, pre 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 0858
Western Asiatic Stone Ladybird Amulet
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Copper Flat Axehead
13th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed with a rounded butt and flared cutting edge; flat in cross-section. 151 grams, 17.3 cm
UK private collection formed before 2000. Ex North London, UK, gallery. -
Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £85
Restrung with three central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. 19.5 grams, 44 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. -
Western Asiatic Glass and Stone Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: two large lozenge-shaped carnelian beads; a cylindrical lapis lazuli bead; a later oblate agate bead; two roughly oblate carnelian beads; a teardrop-shaped unpierced amber specimen; and three later oblate beads in blue glass. 17.8 grams total, 8-23 mm
UK private collection formed 1970s-1990s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
