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LOT 0182
Large Proto-Sumerian Pictographic Tablet for Large Amounts of Grain
URUK III, CIRCA 3200-3000 B.C.
2 1/8 in. (68 grams, 55 mm).
Biconvex in profile with impressed lines dividing the face into zones, each with impressed dots, triangles or other symbols, some extending onto the edges.
ProvenanceFrom a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, formed in the 1950s-1990s.
The property of a London gentleman and housed in London, 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 1990s.
The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12242-220893.
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LOT 0182
Large Proto-Sumerian Pictographic Tablet for Large Amounts of Grain
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
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South Arabian Alabaster Male Head
Late 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
Carved in the round with deep-set eyes and broad aquiline nose; hair and short beard modelled with stippled surface; slender neck; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.17 kg total, 18 cm high including stand
Formerly private European collection. with Christie's, New York, 7 December 1995, no.116. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12262-222127. -
Post Sassanian Cut Glass Bottle
6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Squat in profile with nine facets to the body, broad shoulder and eight facets to the neck, chamfered rim. 197 grams, 84 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Monkey Figurine Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Each a simian with exaggerated eyes, mounted on a stand. 428 grams total, 8.2-10.3 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
