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LOT 1303
Late Achaemenid-Early Parthian Bronze Bowl
300-200 B.C.
7 in. (325 grams, 18 cm).
With decorative incised rings to the inner face and thickened rim.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Dagger
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Featuring a flat leaf-shaped blade, slightly rounded shoulders with curved terminals, square-section handle. 381 grams, 28.8 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This was one of the earliest forms of Western Asiatic daggers, but until the blade was strengthened by thickening or by having a midrib at the centre, and rivets were introduced, it must have often buckled up on impact. However, when compared to the earliest Egyptian types with its short triangular blade, this Asiatic dagger is longer, narrower, and probably more useful as an offensive weapon. -
Proto-Sumerian Pictographic Terracotta Tablet
Uruk III, circa 3200-3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Lentoid in section with design to one face in three registers: left, large panel with impressed grid, square and spray; right, two smaller panels with hatching and geometric forms. 26.2 grams, 55 mm
From an important collection formed before 1988. 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. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12543-231889. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Gold Looped Bead and Mount Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £442
Mainly comprising domed sheet-gold beads or mounts, each with a loop to the reverse. 5.58 grams total, 3-7 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
