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LOT 1103
Western Asiatic Turquoise and Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
17 3/4 in. (5.33 grams, 45 cm long).
Restrung; composed of glass beads of various shades of blue. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 1103
Western Asiatic Turquoise and Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Western Asiatic Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £85
Composed of mainly opaque and translucent beads, graduated in size and in various shades of blue, including oblate, rounded and other types. 4.49 grams, 47 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Miniature Horse and Chariot Diorama
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprised two horse statuettes harnessed to a chariot or cart with thin sheet and wire. 42 grams, 67 mm
Ex old English collection. London art market, 1980s. -
Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Bearing a Royal Letter From Iluni King of Esnunna to Warassa King of Der
Circa late 18th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Written in dense cuneiform over two principal faces and two side edges of the pillow-shaped tablet. 219 grams, 11.3 cm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
