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LOT 0272
Western Asiatic Tubular Gold Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 1/4 in. (4.38 grams total, 4-11 mm).
Group of twenty-six corrugated tubular sheet-gold beads. [26]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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Western Asiatic Agate and Gold Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Composed of graduated mainly biconical agate beads, two pairs of collared spherical gold beads and a pair of larger spherical gold beads flanking the central feature bead; restrung with a modern hook-and-loop clasp. 50 grams, 45 cm long
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Bactrian Bowl with Animal Decoration
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
With cylindrical body and lug handles, reserved stylised images on each side comprising two deer facing a palm tree. 805 grams, 19 cm wide
Fine condition.
French collection, 1990s-early 2000s. Mediterranean archaeology, Asia, Prehistory & Curiosities Sale, Vermot & Associés, Paris, 18 July 2020, lot 329. From an important Paris gallery, France. Ex private Parisian collection.
The motif of deer facing a palm tree appear on the ceramics from Harappa. The motif of the deer and sacred tree was widespread throughout the Oxus Valley, as well as in the ancient cultures of Bactria and Margiana. -
Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Rectangular in plan with angled upper faces and transverse piercing; incuse design of an ibex and vegetation; chlorite. 20.1 grams, 42 mm
Ex Paris collection. French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
