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LOT 1746
Western Asiatic Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20TH CENTURY A.D.
13 1/4 in. (25 grams, 33.5 cm).
Composed of large coin-shaped feature beads interspersed with cylindrical beads and granulated metal collars, a large drop-shaped pendant at the centre; restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, art market 1990s.
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LOT 1746
Western Asiatic Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Sasanian Cut-Glass Vessel
3rd-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £819
With a piriform body with three rows of cut facets or dimples and a slender flared neck. 103 grams, 91 mm
Private collection, 1990s-early 2000s. -
Late Hittite Shoe-Shaped Vessel
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Hollow-formed shoe-shaped jug with rolled rim to the ankle, tab with hole for thong and stopper; welt-line to upper face and around sole. 585 grams, 23 cm
Private collection, acquired on the German art market in 1993; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13226-249313.
These upturned shoes are characteristic of the whole Hittite era. They are attested until the Late Hittite age. This kind of footwear appears later in the Aegean area, probably due to the influence of Anatolian fashion on Bronze Age Greek culture. It may have been the case that the Akkiyawa (Achaeans) living on the western coast of Anatolia adopted such items (as many others) from the Anatolian Indo-Europeans and exported them to the Greek lands, with the first examples attested in Greece only around the 14th century BC. -
Neo-Babylonian Carnelian Frog Amulet
7th-6th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Modelled in the round crouching on a rectangular base. 2.38 grams, 18 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
