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LOT 1243
Bactrian Stone Weight
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 in. (12.3 kg, 23 cm).
Conical in profile with flat base and U-shaped channel through the apex.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family 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.
See Vidale, M., Treasures from the Oxus: The Art and Civilisation of Central Asia, London, 2017, pp.44-51, figs.41-45, for a variety of such weights in different shapes and materials.
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Syro-Cappadocian Cylinder Seal with Animals and Figures
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Columnar in form with two beads and a cord forming handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Soft Black Stone, 19x10.5mm. The engraved area is divided into two registers by a notched band. In the upper, narrower register there is a row of nine human heads. Below is a row of various items: a mace; a sitting animal; a recumbent bull with a bird above its back; a wedge; a standing human with one hand raised; a recumbent horned quadruped with head turned back with combined sun and lunar crescent above it. This seal is Syro-Cappadocian, from c. 2000 B.C. For comparable seals cf. Briggs Buchanan, catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum, I, no. 849 and idem, early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection, no.1180.'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.95 grams, 38 mm long
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983. Accompanied by a copy of a typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, with reference no.1580. 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. -
Amlash Terracotta Wine Amphora
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Piriform in profile with narrow flat base, flared mouth and single loop handle. 283 grams, 21.4 cm
From a London, UK, gentleman's collection of ancient pottery and artefacts, 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. -
Chalcolithic Terracotta Figure Group
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising: a standing female with collar and fringed robe; standing quadruped. 260 grams total, 9-12.2 cm
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman, 1979-1999. 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.
