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LOT 1276
Achaemenid Bronze Bowl with Later Arabic Inscription
CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
5 1/2 in. (150 grams, 13.8 cm wide).
Hemispherical in profile with tremolier calligraphic text to the centre.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, early 2000s.
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Achaemenid Bronze Cup
6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Conical in profile with low disc to the foot. 156 grams, 12.5 cm
Ex property of a London, UK, gentleman, Mayfair gallery, 1990s. -
Babylonian Bronze Pazuzu Head Pendant
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Drum-shaped with addorsed grotesque masks beneath a sturdy loop. 14 grams, 23.5 mm
From a collection of a late London, UK, collector, 1980s. 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. -
Large Western Asiatic Pottery Jar
Circa 3000 B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Comprising a broad body with slightly flared rim and rounded body tapering to a narrow base; painted multilinear band below the rim with scoops above; repaired. 5 kg, 33.5 cm
with Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK, 1974. Private collection, London, UK.