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LOT 0203
Hittite Bronze Standard Finial with Animal
CIRCA 13TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3/4 in. (12 1/4 in.) (405 grams, 17 cm (922 grams total, 31 cm including stand)).
With a central bar with a semi-circle on either side, surmounted by a flat platform with a stag with large, elaborate horns, standing behind a doe; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom a private collection, since 1989.
Ex West London, UK collection.
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LOT 0203
Hittite Bronze Standard Finial with Animal
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£750 (EUR 870; USD 1,013) +BP*
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Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £20
Rectangular fragment of a tablet with impressed text. 25.8 grams, 37 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. -
Western Asiatic and Other Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of beads, mainly in glass and stone. 136 grams total, 1-22 mm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Luristan Bronze Antelope Statuette
13th-7th cenury B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £200
Depicted standing with head erect and prominent curving horns; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 98 grams, 96 mm (279 grams, 22.6 cm including stand)
From a private collection, since 1989. Ex West London, UK collection.
