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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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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 Gold Pendant
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Formed with two granulated gold beads separated by a garnet bead, and two small blue beads below, a loop above and below. 2.41 grams, 22 mm
Ex late Japanese gentleman's collection, 1970-2010. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance. -
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Sumerian Shell Bangle
4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Creamy-white annular panel, domed in section, cut from a shell plate. 36.7 grams, 89 mm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
