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LOT 1224
Western Asiatic Stone Weight Collection
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 - 4 in. (184 grams total, 4-10.3 cm).
Comprising: two baguette-shaped stone bars, a D-section scaphoid haematite bar, a columnar stone bar with rounded ends, one pierced for suspension. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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Bactrian Veined Marble Weight
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Conical in profile with flat base and U-shaped channel through the apex. 9.35 kg, 18 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic and Other Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising a large quantity of beads in various shapes and sizes in glass, stone, coral and lapis lazuli, including some larger feature beads. 161 grams total, 2-27 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Granulated Gold Beads
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Comprising drum-shaped beads with median bands of small granules within outer bands of larger granules, filigree circlet to one end. 3.19 grams total, 6-7 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
