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.jpg "Hittite Terracotta Fertility Figure")
D-section figurine with elaborate pierced headdress and navel, applied annular eyes, pinched nose, applied segmented collar and pointillé detailing to the hips; mounted on a custom-made stand. 52.3 grams, 16 cm (515 grams total, 20 cm including stand)
Ex collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s.
Accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence test report from Oxford Authentication with sample no.N124j52.
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.
See Zahlhaas, G., Idole - Frühe Götterbilder und Opfergaben, München, 1985, for discussion.
Ex collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s.
Accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence test report from Oxford Authentication with sample no.N124j52.
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.
See Zahlhaas, G., Idole - Frühe Götterbilder und Opfergaben, München, 1985, for discussion.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Rectangular plaque with low-relief image of a sitting dog with thick braided collar, gaping mouth. 146 grams, 12.2 cm
From an important collection of a London, UK, gentleman, pre 1988.
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.
From an important collection of a London, UK, gentleman, pre 1988.
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.
A hollow-formed ceramic vessel formed as a standing zebu with large hump, ridged tail, pectoral ridge and horns; the head forming the U-channel spout. 601 grams, 25 cm
European private collection, 1983.
Ex Anavian Gallery, New York.
Private collection, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00019651.
Accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence analysis report, dated 22 November 1990.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12702-235146.
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.
European private collection, 1983.
Ex Anavian Gallery, New York.
Private collection, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00019651.
Accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence analysis report, dated 22 November 1990.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12702-235146.
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.
Modelled in the round standing quadruped with pinched detailing, pierced at jaw to accept reins, hollow-formed canopy to the rear body. 93 grams, 72 mm
Ex E. Boustros collection, 1970s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 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.
Ex E. Boustros collection, 1970s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 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.
Rectangular in plan with rectangular spout; side wall with friezes: guilloche border enclosing a lion attacking a zebu; regardant stag with fawn; lioness with cub, fleeing stag; repaired. 1.66 kg, 16.1 cm
Private collection, Europe.
with Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 10 October 2017, no.218.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12704-235452.
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.
Private collection, Europe.
with Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 10 October 2017, no.218.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12704-235452.
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.
Squat hollow container with low rim to the broad mouth. 574 grams, 90 mm
Acquired in 1997.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 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.
Acquired in 1997.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 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.
With frieze of crouching lions in profile, each with sockets to the flanks to accept coloured inserts (absent); chipped rim repaired. 273 grams, 85 mm
with Surena Gallery, 1999.
Private collection, Europe.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate dated 20th April 2004.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12405-226712.
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.
Cf. Aruz, J. ed., Art Of The First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2003, p.326, for similar.
with Surena Gallery, 1999.
Private collection, Europe.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate dated 20th April 2004.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12405-226712.
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.
Cf. Aruz, J. ed., Art Of The First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2003, p.326, for similar.
Penannular in form and tapering to each end with incised hatching. 20.8 grams, 41 mm
Acquired in 1993.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 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.
Acquired in 1993.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 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.
.jpg "Achaemenid Silver Bowl with Royal Egyptian Inscription for Darius the Great")
A Cartouche Signifying Influence Over the Egyptian Priestly Caste
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,000
Bowl fragment including section of the carinated rim, radiating repoussé teardrop bosses with interstitial lotus-flowers motifs and radiating rosette motif below; incised Egyptian hieroglyphic legend below the rim transliterated as 'ı͗nṯry(p sic )wš pr-ꜤꜢ pꜢ ꜤꜢ' (Darius, the Great Pharaoh); mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.23 kg total, 26.7 cm wide including stand
Previously in the private collection of Mr S.A, acquired on the London art market in the 1960s.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated three page cataloguing/report.
Accompanied by a copy of an IADAA Interpol search certificate.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12709-235450.
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.
Cf. Posener, G., La première domination Perse en Égypte, Bibliothèque d'étude 11, Cairo, 1936, pp.161-162, for examples of the variant hieroglyphic writings of Darius I’s name; Westenholz, J.G., Stolper, M.W., “A Stone Jar with Inscriptions of Darius I in Four Languages,” Arta 005, 2002, for a discussion of the composition of multilingual inscriptions based on a stone vessel from Darius I’s reign; Kuhrt, A., The Persian Empire: a Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period, Oxon/New York, 2010, p.317 Fig.8.1, for a complete, similarly large silver phiale inscribed in Old Persian for Artaxerxes I.
Egyptologist Paul Whelan writes: "The inscription reads: ı͗nṯry(p sic )wš pr-ꜤꜢ pꜢ ꜤꜢ (Darius, the Great Pharaoh). The ancient Egyptians encountered difficulties in rendering the name Darius in hieroglyphs, with at least seventeen known variants. This version differs slightly from those, as it also includes an erroneous ‘p’ hieroglyph. The presence of several cuneiform signs following the hieroglyphs indicates that the phiale likely once featured multilingual versions of the inscription - a practice more commonly found on stone vessels. The epithet ‘the Great Pharaoh’ on this fragment represents one of the earliest examples, appearing more frequently in inscriptions from the reign of Xerxes." A hieroglyphic inscription on an Achaemenid item is very rare, although examples on stone vessels are known. Darius I 'the Great' ruled from 522 to 486 B.C. His predecessor, Cambyses II, conquered Egypt in 525 B.C. and the presence of this inscription is probably linked to the subsequent rule of the dynasty over Egypt and its influence on the Egyptian priestly caste.
Previously in the private collection of Mr S.A, acquired on the London art market in the 1960s.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated three page cataloguing/report.
Accompanied by a copy of an IADAA Interpol search certificate.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12709-235450.
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.
Cf. Posener, G., La première domination Perse en Égypte, Bibliothèque d'étude 11, Cairo, 1936, pp.161-162, for examples of the variant hieroglyphic writings of Darius I’s name; Westenholz, J.G., Stolper, M.W., “A Stone Jar with Inscriptions of Darius I in Four Languages,” Arta 005, 2002, for a discussion of the composition of multilingual inscriptions based on a stone vessel from Darius I’s reign; Kuhrt, A., The Persian Empire: a Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period, Oxon/New York, 2010, p.317 Fig.8.1, for a complete, similarly large silver phiale inscribed in Old Persian for Artaxerxes I.
Egyptologist Paul Whelan writes: "The inscription reads: ı͗nṯry(p sic )wš pr-ꜤꜢ pꜢ ꜤꜢ (Darius, the Great Pharaoh). The ancient Egyptians encountered difficulties in rendering the name Darius in hieroglyphs, with at least seventeen known variants. This version differs slightly from those, as it also includes an erroneous ‘p’ hieroglyph. The presence of several cuneiform signs following the hieroglyphs indicates that the phiale likely once featured multilingual versions of the inscription - a practice more commonly found on stone vessels. The epithet ‘the Great Pharaoh’ on this fragment represents one of the earliest examples, appearing more frequently in inscriptions from the reign of Xerxes." A hieroglyphic inscription on an Achaemenid item is very rare, although examples on stone vessels are known. Darius I 'the Great' ruled from 522 to 486 B.C. His predecessor, Cambyses II, conquered Egypt in 525 B.C. and the presence of this inscription is probably linked to the subsequent rule of the dynasty over Egypt and its influence on the Egyptian priestly caste.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
With waisted neck, mouth with vertical wall, underside of foot with hatched lozenge; earlier strap handle from mouth to shoulder formed as a leaping lioness with forepaws hooked over the rim. 612 grams, 19 cm high
Private collection, 1980s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12711-235451.
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.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 124094, for similar; also see Prudence Oliver Harper, The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire, New York, 1978; Ehsan Yarshater (ed.), The Cambridge History of Iran, vol.3 (part 2), 1983; Exhibition catalogue, Splendeur des Sassanides, Brussels, 1993, p.240, no.89; Exhibition catalogue, Ancient Art from the Shumei Family Collection, New York, 1996, pp.75-7; Joseph N. Newland, Miho Museum: South Wing, 1997, especially pp.110-1, for type.
Private collection, 1980s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12711-235451.
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.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 124094, for similar; also see Prudence Oliver Harper, The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire, New York, 1978; Ehsan Yarshater (ed.), The Cambridge History of Iran, vol.3 (part 2), 1983; Exhibition catalogue, Splendeur des Sassanides, Brussels, 1993, p.240, no.89; Exhibition catalogue, Ancient Art from the Shumei Family Collection, New York, 1996, pp.75-7; Joseph N. Newland, Miho Museum: South Wing, 1997, especially pp.110-1, for type.
.jpg "Proto-Elamite Silver Ibex Pendant")
Hollow-formed in sheet-silver, modelled in the round ibex with head turned to the left; voided eyes to accept inserts, dorsal loop. 20.27 grams, 60 mm high
with Mahboubian Gallery, New York, USA, acquired prior to 1969.
London, UK, collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12712-235585.
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.
with Mahboubian Gallery, New York, USA, acquired prior to 1969.
London, UK, collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12712-235585.
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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Carved as a human figure in three parts: body with rows of overlapping tufts of fur, shallow socket to accept the head and broad collar below; the bald head carved from marble with semi-naturalistic detailing to the face; headdress (or wig) with a flared outer flange. 1.54 kg total, 3.9-14 cm
Acquired from a gallery in France and brought to the United Kingdom in 1982; thence by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12713-235197.
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.
See Aruz, J., Art of The First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003, pp. 367-368, for discussion and similar examples; cf. Hiebert, F. and Cambon, P. edn., Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World, The British Museum Press, 2011, pp.71-76, for discussion and comparable objects.
Acquired from a gallery in France and brought to the United Kingdom in 1982; thence by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12713-235197.
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.
See Aruz, J., Art of The First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003, pp. 367-368, for discussion and similar examples; cf. Hiebert, F. and Cambon, P. edn., Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World, The British Museum Press, 2011, pp.71-76, for discussion and comparable objects.
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