Comprising a round-section shank and with the tapered ends wound about the shank; partly absent. 36.5 grams, 74 mm



UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.

Modelled in the round, the rider perched on the camel's single hump, holding the reins in his left hand, right arm raised. 17.5 grams, 49 mm long



Acquired in the 1980s. From a French collection. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman.

With conical base, flat body and head; pinched face with impressed eyes, collar, breasts and hands. 17 grams, 64 mm



Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. London, UK, collection.

With frieze of figures in a courtly presentation scene. 1.54 grams, 12 mm



Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Formed as a loop with a stylised bird perched above. 53 grams, 10 cm



Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Including hemispherical bowls, a drum-shaped jar and other items. 2.65 kg total, 11-19 cm



From the private collection of the late David Gold, 1990s.

With two broad ovoid wings, the head resting along the spine; pierced through the neck. 3.19 kg, 16 cm



From an important collection formed before 1988. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s.

Composed of mainly oblate turquoise-coloured beads with a large barrel-shaped feature bead. 16.7 grams, 36.5 cm



Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.

With foliate blade, rhomboidal in section, raised mid-rib, medium length stem widening at its base and forming a small stop, rectangulat-section tang with bent terminal. 198 grams, 36 cm



Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

The specimen belongs to the category of tripartite spears with long pointed biconvex blade and single bevelled tang. They seem to be a Mesopotamian and Susian (Elamite) variant, and this type also includes decorated blades, like the spear from Tello with the inscription 'King of Kish'.

Biconical in profile with ribbing to the equator, three inscribed characters to the shoulder. 3 grams, 14 mm



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Depicting a seated female figure with a bird's head, possibly a deity; applied circular eyes and pinched nose; wearing a circlet, two necklaces and a long skirt. 30.2 grams, 70 mm



Ex property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1969-1999, thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page.

Including oblate, annular, barrel-shaped and other types, some with applied granulation. 5.07 grams total, 1-6 mm



Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.