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LOT 1685
Holy Land Terracotta Jug
EARLY BRONZE AGE I, 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 7/8 in. (475 grams, 15 cm wide).
Wide body with a flattened base and everted mouth, round-section handle to the rear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a pre 1988 collection, thence by descent.
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Early Arabic Inscribed Stone Fragment
North or West Africa, 13th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £208
Irregular fragment of sedimentary rock with six short lines of carefully incised calligraphic text; mounted on a custom-made stand. 6.31kg total, 42.5 cm high including stand
Previously in the private collection of Joseph Knopfelmacher (1923-2019), a collector of Saharan artefacts, acquired by at least 1995. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Artefact Group
1st millennium A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
A mixed group of artefacts, including a stylus, the bowl of a spoon, a domed mount, and others. 65 grams total, 20.4-70.3 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Sumerian Stone Statue Fragment
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Carved in the round figure of a lion crouching on its haunches, with neck arched and forepaws resting on the spine (upper edge) of an animal placed perpendicular to the lion's head biting into its flesh; the D-shaped face with teardrop-shaped sockets for the eyes, button nose, small triangular ears; the prey with legs folded beneath the body, head turned along the lion's mane and left shoulder, with small protrusive horn and ear, oval socket for the eye; integral base with rounded lateral edges, fracture at each end. 340 grams, 85 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
