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LOT 0266
Large Amlash Terracotta Vessel
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
11 3/4 in. (846 grams, 30 cm wide).
Of zoomorphic form, with a globular body, u-section spout and loop handle to the rear.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1978.
Private collection, UK.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125e39 from Oxford Authentication.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12703-235149.
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. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 67.247.7, for a comparable vessel.
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LOT 0266
Large Amlash Terracotta Vessel
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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Modelled in the round with incuse running animals to the underside, sockets to the eyes and lateral piercing. 23.7 grams, 48 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. Accompanied by a description by Peter Gert Van der Veen, senior lecturer of Levantine Archaeology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz. 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. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Storage Vessel
3rd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Globular in profile with stub neck; two panels of incised concentric rings to the equator. 3 kg, 25.5 cm
From a West London, UK, collection, 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. -
Amlash Terracotta Bull Rhyton
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
A hollow-formed ceramic vessel formed as a standing zebu with large hump, ridged tail, pectoral ridge and horns; the head forming the U-channel spout. 601 grams, 25 cm
European private collection, 1983. Ex Anavian Gallery, New York. Private collection, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00019651. Accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence analysis report, dated 22 November 1990. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12702-235146. 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.
