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Luristan Bowl with Spout
13th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Squat in profile with rounded underside and inturned rim, loop handle and tubular spout. 891 grams, 33.5 cm wide
Ex Mayfair gallery, London, UK, 1980s. From a private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Tripod Vessel
Middle Bronze Age, 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Tubular with waisted profile, domed underside with three splayed legs; horizontal and vertical bands of painted geometric detailing. 508 grams, 14.5 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Bactrian Alabaster Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Of conical form with narrow flat base, carved from banded alabaster. 850 grams, 15 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Turquoise Ceramic Bead Necklace
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Composed of spherical turquoise-coloured beads interspersed with yellow glass and faience beads; restrung on a metal wire. 62 grams, 49.5 cm
Ex French gallery, 1970-1990. Paris collection, France. -
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli and Stone Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
A restrung designer necklace composed of cylindrical white stone beads interspersed with oblate lapis lazuli beads and featuring seven unusual collared flattened beads in darker stone. 98 grams, 80 cm
Ex French gallery, 1970-1990. Paris collection, France. -
Western Asiatic Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Haematite seal with carved frieze of a standing supplicant offering a vessel to a seated potentate; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 1.48 grams, 15 mm
Cotswold, UK, collection. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by an old collection ticket. -
Bactrian Terracotta Chalice
1st millennium B.C. or laterEstimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Comprising a broad squat bowl with inturned rim supported by three curved stems radiating from a low domed base. 1.57 kg, 21 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Neo-Babylonian Bifacial Stone Stamp Seal with Animals
Circa 600-500 B.C. or laterEstimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Trapezoidal in profile with transverse piercing, one lateral face with intaglio scene of a rampant lion and an ibex looking backwards, staff between with crescent finial; underside with scene of a triumphant hero in a pleated gown with one arm raised, grasping the horn of a bull and with one foot placed on its rump, crescent moon above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 16.4 grams, 25 mm
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999, thence by descent. -
Nabataean Decorated Red Pottery Dish
Circa 3rd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Broad and of low conical profile with inturned carinated rim, basal ring; applied pattern of quarters and coiled swirls. 99 grams, 12.6 cm
From an important collection of terracotta pre 1988, London and Geneva. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Agate and Carnelian Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Including tubular, fusiform, tabular, biconvex and other types. 193 grams total, 7-32 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Gold Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Including biconvex, granulated collar, drum-shaped and other types. 15.27 grams total, 7-13 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Gold Earrings
1500-1000 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Each with a tapering penannular hoop and discoid ornament. 1.73 grams total, 13 mm ech
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.