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LOT 1416
Large Luristan Terracotta Storage Vessel
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 1/2 in. (900 grams, 21.5 cm).
Squat body with funicular neck and rolled rim, the upper part of the neck with two piercings.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1416
Large Luristan Terracotta Storage Vessel
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£44 (EUR 52; USD 60) +BP*
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Neo Assyrian Bronze Pazuzu Head Pendant
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Opening Bid: £81
Drum-shaped with addorsed grotesque masks beneath a sturdy loop. 14 grams, 23.5 mm
From a collection of a late London, UK, collector, 1980s. -
Western Asiatic Basalt Tablet with Cuneiform Inscription
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Architectural fragment with rectangular band to one edge, carved decorative detailing with inscription. 7.85 kg, 32.6 cm
Private collection, Europe, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1980s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12521-231989.
Amid the many architectural, sculptural, and textual riches of Assyria and Mesopotamia, the broken pieces of basalt bearing fragmentary cuneiform inscriptions have received little attention, but are of fundamental importance. Despite being quite fragmentary, these broken pieces of basalt are the remains of an important witness to the Assyrian imperial presence in the Near East. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Ring Collection
Circa 16th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £10
Comprising seven rings, each with a decorative bezel, one fragmentary. 43.3 grams total, 18-27 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK