Loading, please wait...
Details
LOT 0195
Western Asiatic Turquoise Bead Necklace with Gold Pomegranate Spacers
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
18 1/4 in. (18.65 grams, 46.4 cm long).
Composed of restrung barrel-shaped and small biconical turquoise beads, later gold spacer bulbs with pomegranate dangles; gold hook-and-eye clasp.
Provenance
Ex private collection, 1965-2020.
CONDITIONVETTING:
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 0195
Western Asiatic Turquoise Bead Necklace with Gold Pomegranate Spacers
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
RELATED LOTS
-
Western Asiatic Bronze Neck Torc
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Composed of a round-section body tapering towards the bezel where the arms overlap and coil decoratively around the opposite arm. 296 grams, 16 cm wide
UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Akkadian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Fragment with Literary Text
Mid 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Written in dense rows over one face of the tablet; a single line of text continued onto the reverse. 150 grams, 80 mm
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. -
.jpg)
Western Asiatic Bronze Openwork Door Fittings
13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Each discoid in plan with decoratively notched circumference, ogival centre with pierced ornament, concentric bands of incised annulets, chevrons and other geometric forms; each accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 1.03 kg total, 20-20.5 cm wide (1.5 kg total, 30.5 cm high each including stand)
Acquired 1960s-1970s. From a UK private collection, 1981.
