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Discoid with central cross and openwork quadrants, loop handle. 20.99 grams, 35.61 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Comprising tanged triangular arrowheads, one with barbed shoulders. 327 grams total, 8.3-14.4 cm



London, UK, collection, 1990s.

One series of arrowheads seems to belong to the category of lanceolate head and rounded shoulders from the category Type V, i.e. triangular arrowheads with rounded or angular midrib. Some other arrowheads seem to be a subcategory of subtype A of Khorasani, but longer.

Plano-convex type with narrow transverse hole; possibly later incuse zebu standing with possibly later inscription above. 13.6 grams, 24 mm



Private collection, 1970s. Acquired Chiswick Auctions, 2 February, 2016, no.109. Private collection, London, UK.

Comprising a barrel-shaped facetted socket with a rivetted lug to the rear, the body extending to a tapering nib with a sharp point. 17.8 grams, 84 mm



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

Frieze with scorpions and other animals; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.42 grams, 19.56 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Scaraboid type with incuse crouching stag motif. 1.56 grams, 12.41 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Conical body with ribbed collar and loop, raised plaque to the underside with incuse image of winged figure; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.8 grams, 16 mm



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

Low-relief plaque of an ibex with legs folded beneath the body; discoid socket to reverse. 18.21 grams, 31.66 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Oval intaglio with an inscription on a floral field; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.14 grams, 21 mm



Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Private collection, London.

Lozengiform in plan, with a dense, grooved geometric pattern. 5.49 grams, 27.39 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Heater-shaped in plan with door and sliding retainer to the upper face, tongue-shaped inner drawer; decorated with reserved entwined bands, Kufic legend to the sidewall. 27.9 grams, 41 mm



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

Bulbous body with four stub legs, tall neck and internal strainer, tall scooped edge to the rim, loop handle to the rear; body and neck painted with geometric motifs, red paint on the base and legs. 1.16 kg, 32.3 cm



UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman.

Artefacts from Amlash date from the late second millennium B.C. through to the Partho-Sasanian period, with most dated to the 9th and 8th centuries B.C. Zoomorphic drinking or ritual vessels are abundant in Amlash pottery and usually feature depictions of animals common to that region. Such vessels have been recovered across Mesopotamia and Anatolia, and they were known as Bibru. They were produced as ceremonial drinking vessels, dedicated to specific deities, but they might also have served as drinking vessels for the social elite and royal family members.