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LOT 1307
Amlash Tall Terracotta Jug
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 1/4 in. (545 grams, 23.5 cm).
An elongated ovoid body with a flat base and trumpet-shaped neck, with a handle to the rear.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1307
Amlash Tall Terracotta Jug
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£44 (EUR 52; USD 60) +BP*
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Bactrian Banded Agate Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Composed of cylindrical beads showing contrasting banding, restrung with a modern clasp. 52.4 grams, 73 cm
London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a limestone seal showing lions and bulls in combat; a hematite seal with a seated deity with an axe, and a standing adorant; a hematite seal with two adorants before a scorpion, another scorpion and another small animal, sun and moon crescent; a black steatite seal with two standing figures and a jumping beast; a chalcedony seal with a man to the right, evil eye, bird and a mountain or a skirt; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 45.28 grams total, 18-29 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.27, 31, 34, 43, 79. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: frieze with linear geometric figures, two columns of cuneiform text; drilled images of scorpions and other zoomorphs; leaping ibexes in profile and vertical fish; nude figure with arms behind his back standing between serpents, confronting a robed figure with knife beneath a star; fragment with kneeling figure in profile holding a spear; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 8.13 grams total, 11-20 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
