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Lot 254

Four Near Eastern hardstone and shell amulets
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3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£800 - £1,200

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Four Near Eastern hardstone and shell amulets
Circa 3rd-1st Millennium B.C.
Comprising a rock crystal cicada with incised details; an amethyst bird; a Sumerian shell bird with incised details; and a Sumerian calcite bull, 2cm-2.9cm long (4)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Shell bird: London art market.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 8 April 1997, lot 283.
Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired at the above sale.
Three hardstone amulets: Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired prior to 1995.

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