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LOT 0182
Gigantic Western Asiatic Pottery Jar
CIRCA 3000 B.C.
21 in. (11.9 kg, 53 cm high).
Barrel-shaped in profile with low rim to the mouth; painted dentilled band to the shoulder with eight panels below alternating plain and hatched; similar pattern to the sidewall, the plain panels with swallowtail motif.
Provenancewith Mahboubian Gallery, London, 1974.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12811-241409.
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. Cort, L.A., Farhad, M., Gunter, A.C., Asian Tradition in Clay, The Hauge Gifts, Washington, 2000, pp.31, 45, for similar pottery.
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Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £160
With frieze of standing figures addressing a seated figure in a long robe holding up a cup; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.56 grams, 17 mm
Ex S Collection, London, UK, 1970-1990s. 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. -
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Large Luristan Bronze Finial with Master of Animals
8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Bifacial Master of Animals motif atop a collared tubular stem with flared foot; comprising two addorsed rams with their forelegs tied together; two addorsed birds standing on the rams' backs looking towards two birds' heads facing downwards and joined to slender crescentic boars with ridged backs and gaping mouths, each in the grip of the Master standing crowned between them; the Master with tubular body, animal-like ears, prominent nose above a small mouth and wearing collars, neck rings and tiered headdress; waisted socket below; mounted on a display stand. 930 grams total, 43 cm including stand
Acquired in Iran, 1967. Private collection, UK. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12824-241323. 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.
According to current knowledge, one type of Luristan standards consisted of two symmetrical animal figures standing upright on their hind legs and facing each other with an anthropomorphic character at the centre. Like the "zoomorphic standards", the "zoomorphic standards with a human head" and the "idols", this type has two faces, which means that it was conceived to be viewed from all sides. -
Luristan Bronze Javelin Head
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Comprising a slender leaf-shaped two-edged blade with midrib extending to a columnar neck expanding to a flared collar; square-section tang with bent finial. 225 grams, 47 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. 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.
