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LOT 0268
Assyrian Hardstone Relief with Head of a Bearded Man
704-681 B.C.
4 1/2 in. (530 grams total, 11.6 cm including stand).
Rectangular frieze fragment with low-relief carving of a profile bust with short straight hair confined by a brow-band, segmented curls forming the beard, furrowed brow, one arm extended; handwritten label to rear 'from the Koyunjik palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh and incised legend 'KOUYUNJIK' and 'A'; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceAllegedly found in the Koyunjik Palace of Sennacherib.
Ex property of a gentleman, UK, acquired in the 1970s.
Ex private collection, Oxfordshire, UK, 1988.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 7 December 1994, no.235.
Art market, New York.
Ex private collection, Tokyo, Japan.
Private European collection, 2009.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.12880-241660.
Cf. The British Museum, registration numbers 1892,0526.1., 1970,0131.1. and 124802,c.; cf. also Directorate General of Antiquities, Assyrian Costumes, Les Costumes Assyriens, Baghdad, 1971, pl.49.
FootnotesThe image can be compared with that of a fisherman from the time of Sennacherib (705-681 B.C.). On his head, there is a fillet which slightly broadens at the front.
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LOT 0268
Assyrian Hardstone Relief with Head of a Bearded Man
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000€8,120 - 10,440 (for guidance only)$9,450 - 12,150 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£3,500 (EUR 4,060; USD 4,725) ‡+BP*
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5th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
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Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Engraved Black Stone Stamp Seal with Animal
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular type with low-relief advancing stag; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 8.36 grams, 28 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
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Opening Bid: £5
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From the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards.
