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LOT 1162
Achaemenid Bronze Cup
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/8 in. (183 grams, 13.7 cm).
With squat profile, flared rim above a deep carination.
ProvenanceEx property of a London, UK, gentleman, Mayfair gallery, 1990s.
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LOT 1162
Achaemenid Bronze Cup
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Middle Elamite Glazed Faience Cylinder Seal with Feasting Scene
Circa 1300-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
The scene divided into two registers with the main one with a seated figure and an attendant; accompanied by a museum quality impression and a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Glazed Faience, 48 x 14 mm. The main scene consists of a seated figure, wearing a long robe, with hair done up in a bun at the back of the head, and drinking from a situla. Facing him is a standing attendant holding up a fan in both hands. Between them is a tablet with a leg of meat on it, also an unidentified object, a star and a lozenge-shape above the table. As a terminal there is a recumbent winged sphynx below a horned animal, also recumbent but with hear turned back. A top register contains: a winged sphynx, a monkey, a lozenge, a horned animal with head turned back and a tree as termina. This is a Middle Elamite cylinder, c. 1300-1200 B.C. such as have been found at Susa and Choga Zanbil. Only rarely are they seen on the market. One side of this one is better preserved than the other, and some of the original turquoise glaze still survives.' 10.67 grams, 47 mm
From the private collection of a North American lady, formed 1970s-early 1990s, with collection reference no.4656. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert dated March 1992 and an old photograph. -
Sasanian Bronze Bowl with Bird
Circa 3rd-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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. -
Monumental Western Asiatic Pottery Jar
Circa 3000 B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Comprising a sharply tapering lower body, parallel-sided upper body and rounded rim; decorated in dark brown with thirteen square panels with central saltire on a hatched field; repaired. 17 kg, 64 cm high
with Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK, 1974. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12972-245238.
