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LOT 1232
Western Asiatic Stone Vessel
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/2 in. (396 grams, 11.6 cm wide).
With a broad squat body with carination and a flat rim to the mouth; basal ring.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1988-1990s.
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LOT 1232
Western Asiatic Stone Vessel
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli and Other Stone and Glass Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Composed of spherical beads interspersed with barley twist glass beads and a large melon bead at the centre; restrung. 82 grams, 53.2 cm
From London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s. -
Hittite Silvered Bronze Domed Stamp Seal with Hieroglyphs
Circa 1500-1300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Plano-convex in profile with gusset to the rim; underside: central panel with geometric design, hieroglyphic text to the border; obverse: central tondo with hieroglyphs, beaded ring and geometric border; transverse piercing; an important piece. 13.4 grams, 23 mm
From a London, UK, private collection.
The so-called 'Hittite hieroglyphs' encode texts in the Luwian language of Asia Minor. Hieroglyphic Luwian is a native script, also known as 'Anatolian hieroglyphs', which was used on official or royal seals and a few monumental inscriptions. -
Western Asiatic Amethyst Bead Necklace with Gold Beads
Circa 4th-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
A designer necklace composed of forty amethyst beads of various shapes and six gold spheres, decorated with granulation and spirals, forming opposed pelta patterns; with later openwork clasp. 69.6 grams, 52.5 cm
Acquired on European art market, 1990s. Private collection of Mr K.A., France. with Kallos Gallery, London. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13012-246749.
Amethyst was widely used in Graeco-Roman Egypt. We know that the amethyst mines of Abu Diyeiba, near Semna, were in use from the time of Ptolemy VI through to the Roman era. Pliny says that Indian amethysts were the best, but he also refers to amethysts from Egypt. The Egyptian amethysts are typically flawed and of a pale, almost pink, hue. They were seldom set in gold and were most usually made into beads. Ptolemaic and Roman inscriptions and artefacts have been found at amethyst mines in Egypt’s eastern deserts.
