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LOT 1242
Western Asiatic Turquoise Ceramic Bead Necklace
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
19 1/2 in. (62 grams, 49.5 cm).
Composed of spherical turquoise-coloured beads interspersed with yellow glass and faience beads; restrung on a metal wire.
ProvenanceEx French gallery, 1970-1990.
Paris collection, France.
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LOT 1242
Western Asiatic Turquoise Ceramic Bead Necklace
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Sassanian Red Jasper Stamp Seal with Human-Headed Bull
4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,111
Plano-convex seal with intaglio crouching Gopatshah bull with a man's head, crowned, and small wing to his shoulder; Pahlavi inscription 'pst'n 'L yzd' (reliance on god); supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.96 grams, 18 mm
Acquired between 1980-1983. From the 'Empire' collection, an important UK private collection of seals, no.13. Accompanied by a copy of an old typed cataloguing page signed by A D H Bivar. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12128-217083. -
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Neo-Babylonian Chalcedony Duck Weight with Engraved Figure
Circa 8th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
The animal carved with its head and neck resting along its back; stylised figure with crescent horns or headdress engraved to base; pierced for suspension. 5.07 grams, 21 mm
From an early 20th century collection, Caernarfon, North Wales, UK.
A corpus of similar pieces was found by Italian archaeologists in the city of Karkemish. They were produced and in use in the Iron Age I-III (i.e. from ca. 1190 B.C., date of the collapse of the Hittite Empire and the rise of the “Great Kings” of Karkemish, to 605 B.C., date of the “battle of Karkemish”, when the Babylonian army conquered the city. -
Bactrian Ritual Stone Idol
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Round-section columnar bar with tapering ends, pecked texturing. 4.6 kg, 46 cm
From 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.
