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LOT 1523
Large Western Asiatic Bronze Plate with Star and Crescent Design
CIRCA 12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/2 in. (459 grams, 26.5 cm wide).
Broad and discoid with a slightly stepped rim, stamped design to the inner face with radiating arms and hatched panels, hatched discs and other forms; the rim with a band of punched rings, each with a mullet to the centre.
ProvenanceEx Abelita collection, 1990s.
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LOT 1523
Large Western Asiatic Bronze Plate with Star and Crescent Design
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Neo-Babylonian Chalcedony Duck Weight
7th-6th century B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Carved in the round, stylised duck with head resting along the spine. 11 grams, 32 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Large Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet, a Legal Document in Envelope
Circa 2000-1700 B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Comprising a pillow-shaped tablet in fired clay with impressed cuneiform text to both faces; covered by a clay sleeve with further cuneiform notation; accompanied by an old handwritten slip: 'Envelope tablet: legal document. Old Babylonian c.2000-1700 B.C.' 437 grams, 12 cm
Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten note by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Bowl
Circa 4th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Hemispherical type, incised concentric ring to the inner face beneath the rim, tremolier tree motif to the centre. 136 grams, 15 cm wide
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s.
