Finely carved as a stylised bull's head with short horns and bulbous eyes, incised nostrils and mouth, perforated at the back of the neck for suspension. 28.9 grams, 40 mm



Ex property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1969-1999, thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous typed cataloguing card. 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.

Mainly triangular-headed barbed and tanged types. 223 grams total, 4.6-11.6 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Carved as a recumbent bovine with drilled eye, pierced through the upper edge; concave reverse. 8.87 grams, 35 mm



From a collection of a Devonshire, UK, gentleman established from the mid 1990s.

Modelled as a stylised standing nude figure with elongated body, stylised head with a conical helmet. 19 grams, 64 mm



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

Mainly triangular-headed barbed and tanged types with a long shank. 222 grams total, 7.4-16.3 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Restrung designer necklace string of tubular, oblate and other types with annular pendant centrepiece. 10.6 grams, 44 cm



London, UK, collection, 2000s.

Hemispherical in profile with an incised ring enclosing a perching bird, both filled with punched ring-and-dot detailing. 134 grams, 15 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, early 2000s.

Comprising: turquoise cone with gold stud to centre and wire attachment to claw setting, loop to the underside and pendant leaf. 3.36 grams, 24 mm



From the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards.

Hollow-formed as a beast-head, conical in plan with open muzzle flanked by tusks, raised almond-shaped eyes and bridle bands, segmented band to the brow, two lateral curved horns; rear face with two birds and loop above the aperture. 189 grams, 83 mm wide



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

With frieze of robed figures in procession; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.16 grams, 14 mm



Ex Cotswold collection, UK, 1980-1990. 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.

Irregular fragment with prepared and flattened outer face, nine columns of impressed cuneiform text; reverse repaired. 43 grams, 58 mm



London, UK, art market, 1980s. From the collection of G.M.R.H., London, UK.

Comprising a bulbous body with circumferential bands, undercut at the neck with everted rectangular-section rim to the mouth, disc base with rectangular socket. 616 grams, 11.3 cm wide



Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 2000s.