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LOT 0272
Bactrian Chlorite Bowl with Lions
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/8 in. (381 grams, 10.4 cm wide).
Drum-shaped vessel with reserved frieze to the outer face: two lions advancing towards an ibex with head bowed; shallow socket to each of the eyes to accept an inlay panel.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12706-236260.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Aruz, J. ed., Art Of The First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2003, p.326, for similar.
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LOT 0272
Bactrian Chlorite Bowl with Lions
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500€4,060 - 5,220 (for guidance only)$4,730 - 6,080 (for guidance only)
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Amlash Terracotta Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a piriform body and trumpet-shaped narrow neck, flat base. 398 grams, 21.8 cm
From a Mayfair gallery 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Sumerian Bone Cylinder Seal
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
With frieze in two registers depicting running animals, facing figure with arms raised and other items; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.42 grams, 24 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Bactrian Terracotta Chalice
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a columnar stem with ribbed collars flaring to the broad base with carinated rim, the bowl broad and dished. 2.35 kg, 28 cm
From a West London, UK, collection, 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
