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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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Western Asiatic Bronze Bowl
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Hemispherical in profile with lip to inner edge of mouth. 142 grams, 12.4 cm wide
Ex 1990s collection and with a central London gallery. -
Western Asiatic Bead Collection
1st millennium A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £221
Including fusiform, tubular, melon and other types. 26 grams total, 3-25 mm
From the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards. -
Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal Matrix with Standing Bird
Circa 500-100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Discoid with a standing bird to the centre and loop to the rear; accompanied by typed and signed note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze 24 x 24 x 13 mm. This is a flat disc cut from sheet metal with a pierced handle from the same material fixed on the back. It is round. The design shows a standing bird in the centre, something not yet identified in front of it and above it a crescent and to the side a hatched shape. The whole design is put within a circle of intertwining band. This is a rare seal from west central Asia, c. 500-100 B.C. It is in excellent condition.' 7.9 grams, 25 mm
Ex collection of a late London gentleman, 1990s. Accompanied by an original typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. 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.
