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LOT 1368
Large Western Asiatic Banded Alabaster Vase
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 1/4 in. (2.5 kg, 26.2 cm).
Carved with narrow foot, broad body and everted rim to the mouth. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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Western Asiatic Stone Vase
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Comprising a polished tapering body, carinated shoulder, low neck and everted rim. 700 grams, 14 cm
Private collection, UK. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Cup
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Hemispherical in profile with thin rim. 140 grams, 92 mm
Ex 1990s collection and with a central London gallery. -
Babylonian Faience Frog Amulet
750-332 B.C.Estimate: £450 - 650 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £225
Modelled in the round on a rectangular plaque with incuse image to underside: figure in ankle-length robe plucking a fruit from a tree. 3.28 grams, 18 mm
Old private French collection. Anonymous Sale, Beaussant Lefevre, Paris, 2015. Private European collection, acquired in 2015.
