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LOT 0185
Elamite Silver Staff Terminal with Interlaced Dragons
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 7/8 in. (45 grams total, 20 cm including stand).
Hollow-formed with bulb finial, low-relief image of opposed dragons with detailed scale texture; circumferential band with incised guilloche below; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceLondon, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11966-210624.
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.
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LOT 0185
Elamite Silver Staff Terminal with Interlaced Dragons
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Bronze Bowl
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Broad and shallow with rounded base. 260 grams, 16.9 cm
Ex London, UK, collections, 1990s-2000s. 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.
The people of Luristan were nomads, constantly moving in summer and winter pastures, and needed metal utensils and tools. Therefore, in addition to weapons, these excellent metal workers produced, in considerable numbers, light and elegant bronze vases and cups. -
Proto-Elamite Silver Bovine Head Mounts
Early 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
A pair of mounts formed as a bull and a cow with incised details to the face; bull with beard and hair detail, cow with curved attachment hook to the top. 22.5 grams total, 18-20 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. 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. -
West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal with Quadrate Cross
Circa 2300-2000 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Discoid stamp seal with segmented face; 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. 51x51x16 mm. This is round with zig-zag outer edge, flat face and flat back in the centre of which is a loop handle on inverted U-shape. the design, which is both compartmented and open-work, consists of a quadrate cross within an outer band which as loops on its inner side, and the zig-zag on its outer side. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c.2300-2000 B.C. It is covered with incrustation, which could be removed. The metal appears to be in good condition.' 68.2 grams, 52 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Ex property of a West London businessman. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the 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.
