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LOT 0854
Western Greek Silver Bead Necklace
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 3/4 - 12 1/4 in. (121 grams total, 4.5-31 cm).
A restrung necklace composed of annular beads with one tubular and one vase-shaped, a round-section ring; with a hollow conical pendant with an attachment loop to the underside, the same pendant broken included separately. [2]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Switzerland; thence by descent.
LiteratureSee The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 74.51.3595 and 74.51.3591 for the bead type, 1995.163.3, for applique.
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LOT 0854
Western Greek Silver Bead Necklace
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£275 (EUR 319; USD 371) ‡+BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Graeco-Phoenician Glazed Terracotta Oinochoe
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Opening Bid: £325
With a folded trefoil mouth, an applied ribbed handle and basal ring, and incised concentric rings above the equator. 491 grams, 17 cm
Private collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.
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Greek Gold Rosette Mount Set
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Opening Bid: £400
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Acquired from Derek Content, 6 June 1975. Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by an original invoice from Derek Content, 6 June 1975.
