Including a carved head with lentoid eyes mounted on a custom-made stand, a carved hooded and bearded head and other types. 144 grams total, 18-82 mm



Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, England.

Modelled in the round standing facing, the animal's ears pricked, simple recessed eyes, tail hanging between hindlegs, the rider riding bare-back, gripping the horse's mane at the base of the neck, his legs gripping its sides, wearing a textured garment hanging from the left shoulder, pinched face featuring large circular eyes and strong furrowed brow; one arm absent; repaired; mounted on a custom-made display base. 354 grams total, 14.2 cm high including stand



Collection of a deceased London gentleman, 1979-1999, by descent. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of thermoluminescence analysis report no.N122k30 from Oxford Authentication.

A large fragment showing columns of neatly impressed cuneiform text; restored. 71 grams, 70 mm



London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

Comprising a leaf-shaped blade with a midrib and a long tapering socket. 128 grams, 31 cm



Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.

The spear, belonging to type 3 of the Khorasani classification, was used by chariot fighters to strike each other or the enemy infantry from above. Similar specimens with longer sockets were excavated by Negahban in the Amlash area. According to Moorey, sockets as long, if not longer than the blade, are a characteristic of Iranian spearheads in the late 2nd and early 1st millennium B.C. A similar spearhead from the Tappeh Sialk has been dated to the 9th-7th century B.C.

Conical with rounded rim and slightly rounded base. 1.09 kg, 16 cm wide



Ex private collection, Contessa L.J., since the 1980s. Private collection, Switzerland, 2001.

Barrel-shaped in profile with basal ring, short neck with rolled rim and two lateral strap handles. 1.5 kg, 28.5 cm



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Columnar in form with hole for suspension, incuse running beast with bird in flight above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 15.4 grams, 23 mm



Acquired in 1993. Private collection, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.

A mixed group of beads restrung to a Y-shape. 16.56 grams, 31.5 cm



From London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s.

Spherical with cuneiform text to the upper face. 14.3 grams, 26 mm



Private collection, Jerusalem, assembled in the 1970s-1980s. Ex European private collection, acquired in 1998.

Pillow-shaped with bands of cuneiform text on both faces and on the three edges, one edge with a seal impression; repaired. 173 grams, 10.3 cm



Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. 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. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.

Comprising a silver round-section tapering shank, head formed as a pair of birds with three pierced ribbed triangular sections; bronze with round-section tapering shank, head formed as a pair of opposite facing birds with incised decoration. 6.08 grams, 11.7 cm



Ex property of an Essex, UK, gentleman collector. From the private collection of a Colchester, UK, gentleman.

A slender bronze figurine of a standing male with lowered arms, piriform head with bulbous eyes and slit mouth; mounted on a custom-made stand. 18.8 grams total, 65 mm including stand

Fine condition.

From the private collection of a medical professional; formerly part of a collection formed in Toulouse, France, since 1967. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

These representations in the style of figurines presumably represented household deities who were guardians of the home. In some cases figurines of this type were produced in groups of two or four.