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LOT 0836
Western Asiatic Veined Alabaster Bowl
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (181 grams, 12.6 cm wide).
Of conical form with flared rim.
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
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Bactrian Stone Bowl with Snakes
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Carved with squat, vertical sidewall and everted rim, frieze of entwined snakes with opposed heads between raised bands around the body. 881 grams, 17 cm
Acquired from a French gallery in 1982; thence by descent.
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Sumerian Bead Necklace
4th-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Composed of shale or shell beads of mainly coin-shaped types; restrung. 82 grams, 62 cm long
From the collection of H.N., Milton Keynes, 1980s-1990s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed mainly of restrung with a central cylindrical agate bead with later cream-coloured shell(?) Heidhi style beads punctuated by clusters of black beads. 14.5 grams, 58 cm long
Fine condition.
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P. R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members.
