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LOT 1189
Achaemenid Bronze Handled Cup
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
5 in. (50 grams, 12.6 cm).
Comprising a wide shallow body with repoussé foot and separately applied strap handle.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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.
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LOT 1189
Achaemenid Bronze Handled Cup
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising three small bulbous vessels, one with a loop handle and a narrow foot, and one with ledge handles. 334 grams total, 70-83 mm
Acquired from older English collections via the UK art market since the mid 1970s. From the private collection of Peran Dachinger, thence by descent. From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK. 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. -
Proto-Sumerian Limestone Geometric Cylinder Seal
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
With geometric design of hatched lozenges and concentric bands; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 16.3 grams, 29 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980-1985. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. 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. -
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Akkadian Green Jasper Cylinder Seal with Hero
Circa 2300-2200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Slightly waisted with bronze caps, accompanied by a handwritten scholarly note signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of green stone with bronze caps; 34 x 16 mm. overall. Matching pair of contestants: nude hero and rampant lion. Inscription: name of ancient owner, but secondary, cannot be read. Akkadian, c. 2300-2200 B.C. Condition fine.'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 12.23 grams, 34 mm
From a London, UK, collection, 1980s. Ex North American collection. Accompanied by a scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. 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.
