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LOT 0217
Byzantine Bronze Oil Lamp Stands
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/4 - 10 in. (1.7 kg total, 16-25.2 cm).
A pair of copper-alloy oil lamp stands with ornamental stems. [2]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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LOT 0217
Byzantine Bronze Oil Lamp Stands
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Ur III Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Relating to Food Distribution
Late 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £203
A fragment of a pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with neatly impressed columns of cuneiform text, accounting of Ur III food distribution, representing wages. 82 grams, 67 mm
Fine condition.
Ex UK art market, 1970s. Property of a London gentleman. -
Cassite Silver Cylinder Seal Pair
Circa 13th-12th century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,400
A pair of hollow-formed silver cylinder seals comprising: the smaller with frieze of tall slender figures flanking an ankh symbol; the larger with facetted outer face featuring a standing female with raised arm, plaited hair and hatched skirt, a standing male with dagger(?), three panels of cuneiform text; the smaller seal able to fit within the larger. 7.53 grams, 22 mm
From an important family collection. 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 checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11639-199231. -
Cuneiform Tablet Fragment of a Divinatory Treaty Predicting the Peril of the Enemy Army
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
A ceramic tablet fragment bearing dense cuneiform text to one face; held in a membranous frame, a divinatory treaty with observations on different configurations of the liver of a sheep (?) and their apodosis, that is to say the prediction for each case: the theme of 'the peril of the enemy army' is recurrent. 32 grams total, 70 x 70 mm including case
Ex 1970s collection. Property of a North London gentleman.
