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LOT 1192
Amlash Terracotta Stag Rhyton
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 1/4 in. (856 grams, 31 cm).
Comprising a slightly tapering tubular body with applied domed rump, four stub legs, angled conical neck, head with crescent horns; trumpet-shaped filer hole to the back with strap handle, incised detailing; restored.
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report and photograph by Oxford Authentication with sample no.281z20 dated 16 June 1981.
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LOT 1192
Amlash Terracotta Stag Rhyton
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Decorated Bronze Ring Group
Circa 1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising five rings with large decorative bezels, three with standing figure, one with a waking sphinx and one with a rosette. 16.5 grams total, 19-23 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Nabataean Decorated Red Pottery Dish
Circa 3rd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Broad and of low conical profile with inturned carinated rim, basal ring; painted pattern of fronds and pellets. 97 grams, 13 cm
From an important collection of terracotta pre 1988, London and Geneva. -
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Proto-Sumerian Pictographic Tablet for Distribution of Sheep by the Wife of E.Kisal
Uruk III, circa 3200-3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,400
Terracotta pillow-shaped tablet with grid to each broad face, each cell with an impressed image and a corresponding number of impressions from the tip of a rod, a list for the distribution of animals to the contrary reading: Obverse: Column 1 1. 2(N01) , U8 2 ewes 2. 3(N01) , UDUNITA~a 3 male sheep 3. 1(N01) , UD5~a 1 …-sheep 4. 4(N01) , MASZ2 |U4x1(N57)|# 4 goats day 1 5. , GAL~a SAL E~a (name?) Column 2 1. 1(N01) , U8 1 ewe 2. 4(N01) , UDUNITA~a 4 male sheep 3.a. 5(N01) , MASZ2 5 goats 3.b1. 1(N01) , |U4x3(N57)|# GAL 1 large 3.b2. 4(N01) , |U4x1(N57)|# TUR 1 small 4. , |SZE~a.NAM2| … Reverse: Column 1 1. 1(N14) , SAL E~a [...] 1 … 2. 1(N14)# [...] 1 … Column 2 1. 3(N01) , U8 (total) 3 ewes 2. 7(N01) , UDUNITA~a (total) 7 male sheep 3. 9(N01) , MASZ2 (total) 9 goats 4. 1(N01) , UD5~a (total) 1 …-sheep Column 3 1. , |SIxKU~b1| 2(N14) , BA MASZ GAN2 SAL E~a KISAL~b1 (interpretation: distributed in the SI.KU settlement, the wife of E.KISAL being responsible). 72.3 grams, 80 mm
From specialised collection of cuneiform texts, formed in the 1950s-1990s. The property of a London gentleman and housed in London, thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12117-215351.
