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LOT 0942
Chalcolithic Fertility Idol
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 5/8 in. (169 grams, 92 mm high).
Modelled at a highly stylised seated female figure with stub legs and outstretched stub arms, triangular head with simple facial features, conical breasts, buttocks and spine delineated with simple lines to rear.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a deceased London gentleman, 1979-1999; thence by descent.
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Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Bearing text to one face; the tablet roughly semi-circular in plan with a plano-convex cross-section. 48.9 grams, 43 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. 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 small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. -
Sassanian Clay Bulla
Circa 400 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
The domed face impressed with a number of seals displaying animal figures together with other designs; possible remains of maker's finger prints in the clay. 65 grams, 50 mm
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990. -
Central Asian Bronze Compartmented Seal Matrix
2300-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Wheel-shaped stamp seal; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze. 38 x 37 x 15 mm. This is round, with flat face and flat back, on which is a handle of inverted U-shape. The design, which is compartmented and open-work, consists of a plain outer band, and within it but not touching it is a central rhomb, joined to the outer band by two rough crescent shapes, bulging at the ends, and close to each other in the middle. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 2300-2000 B.C. It is in very good condition save that the outer rim is worn down.' 15 grams, 37 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970s. Accompanied by a scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology.
