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LOT 0994
Luristan Black Terracotta Drinking Cup
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 3/8 in. (151 grams, 13.5 cm high).
Composed of a funnel-shaped body with carinated foot decorated with bands of impressed ropework motif.
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
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LOT 0994
Luristan Black Terracotta Drinking Cup
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Glass and Stone Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: two large lozenge-shaped carnelian beads; a cylindrical lapis lazuli bead; a later oblate agate bead; two roughly oblate carnelian beads; a teardrop-shaped unpierced amber specimen; and three later oblate beads in blue glass. 17.8 grams total, 8-23 mm
UK private collection formed 1970s-1990s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group
11th-8th century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising: one with a long tang and triangular-section head with short barbs; one tanged leaf-shaped with short collar; one lanceolate with narrow barbs. 41 grams total, 5.8-14.5 cm
From a UK private collection, before 1980. -
Sumerian Pink Stone Cylinder Seal with Processional Scene
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
With incuse frieze of human figures executed by drilling including one seated on a dais; supplied with a museum-quality impression; signed scholarly note issued by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of pink stone, 27 x 27 mm., Frieze of four walking women holding standards. Mesopotamia, c.3000 B.C. Large and condition fine save for patch of damage.' 39.7 grams, 28 mm
Ex S Collection, London, UK, 1970-1990s. Accompanied by a typed scholarly note signed 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.
