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LOT 1175
Amlash Terracotta Vessel
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 3/8 in. (545 grams, 26.5 cm wide).
Of zoomorphic form, with a globular body, u-section spout and handle with figurative animal design.
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1990s.
Ex Rabi Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK.
From a specialist collection of pottery.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 67.247.7, for a comparable vessel.
FootnotesLikely representing a wading bird.
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LOT 1175
Amlash Terracotta Vessel
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Mixed Bronze Artefact Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £98
Including a circular strap-distributor, cicada brooch, penannular bracelet and other items. 177 grams total, 1.7-10.1 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Turquoise Ceramic Bead Necklace
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Composed of spherical turquoise-coloured beads interspersed with yellow glass and faience beads; restrung on a metal wire. 62 grams, 49.5 cm
Ex French gallery, 1970-1990. Paris collection, France. -
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Jar
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Of bulbous profile with rounded underside and trumpet-shaped mouth, painted zoomorphic frieze to the shoulder. 740 grams, 15.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the late David Gold (d.2015) collection of pottery.
David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous.
