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LOT 0975
Amlash Terracotta Jar
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 7/8 in. (523 grams, 15 cm high).
Rounded body with broad neck, three raised lines from shoulder to foot. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Terracotta Tortoise-shaped Jar
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Biconvex in profile with concentric painted bands to the upper face and central rosette motif, integral suspension loop, short-trumpet-shaped spout. 575 grams, 18 cm wide
London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Lion Padlock
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £48
Standing with open mouth and engraved annular eyes; voids to the chest and rump, triangular tab and hole to the rear of the head, hasp absent. 71.7 grams, 70 mm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. Ex property of a Suffolk collector. -
Proto-Elamite Silver Ibex Figurine
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
Modelled in the round in a resting position with its legs folded underneath the body; the head turned to the left, large curving horns, applied glass paste for the eyes; small loop to the back; repaired and mounted on a custom-made display stand. 222 grams total, 14 cm (including base)
Ex private collection, 1960s-1970s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. Accompanied by a copy of metallurgic analytical results, written by metallurgist Dr Peter Northover (ex Department of Materials, Materials Science-Based Archaeology Group & Department of Materials, University of Oxford). This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11743-202215.
Like the silver-gilt mountain goat in the Boston Museum, it is possible that this figure originally had applied gilded elements.
