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LOT 1228
Large Western Asiatic Bichrome Terracotta Painted jar
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
11 1/4 in. (2.7 kg, 28.5 cm).
Bulbous in profile with low neck, circumferential painted bands, segmented and hatched lozenge motifs.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gallery, 1980s.
From a UK private collection.
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Western Asiatic Bead and Gold Element Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
A restrung designer necklace comprising a later gold chain with carnelian tubular beads and gold granulated collars, turquoise and other dangles. 13.68 grams, 49.5 cm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Elephant
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
In advancing pose with trunk extended, tail draped along the hindleg; old inked number '27' to underside; supplied with a custom-made stand. 115 grams, 73 mm (251 grams total, 10 cm wide including stand)
Ex European collection since 1970. with Herman Historica, Munich, Germany, Auction 95, no.6031 (Part). Property of a French collector. -
Western Asiatic Green Glass Cylinder Seal with Entertainment Scene
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
With frieze of entertainers: standing nude figure with curly hair holding a syrinx to her mouth facing a seated nude female playing a curved lyre; to her rear, three nude female dancers; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 16.55 grams, 31 mm
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Glass is very rarely used in this period for cylinder seals.
