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LOT 1132
Western Asiatic White Stone and Shell Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
12 1/4 in. (15.66 grams, 31 cm).
Composed of tabular beads interspersed with smaller oblate beads, restrung to a Y-shape with a shell pendant. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1132
Western Asiatic White Stone and Shell Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Proto-Elamite Silver Bovine Head Mounts
Early 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
A pair of mounts formed as a bull and a cow with incised details to the face; bull with beard and hair detail, cow with curved attachment hook to the top. 22.5 grams total, 18-20 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Ottoman Epigraphic Artefact Group
15th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising: finger ring with scaphoid bezel and reserved Nastaliq script legend; seal or cuff-link part with incised Nastaliq legend. 10.1 grams total, 17-22 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Akkadian Stone Cylinder Seal with Divine Hero
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With front-facing standing male figure between a bull and a lion on each side, a standing male holding an axe(?), moon crescent and three dots ;accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 11.6 grams, 27 mm
From the collection of the late S, London, UK, 1970-2000. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
