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LOT 1149
Luristan Bronze Animal
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
2 1/4 in. (34 grams, 56 mm wide).
Slender beast with multiple legs, head raised, mounted on a conical disc. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Proto-Sumerian Terracotta Pictographic Tablet
Uruk III, circa 3200-3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Pillow-shaped tablet with impressed segmentation to both broad faces, incised pictographs and groups of impressed roundels, hatched blocks and other notations; repaired. 383 grams, 12.5 cm
From an important collection of a London gentleman, 1980-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Iridescent Green Glass Sprinkler Flask
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
With five radiating ribbed flanges to the body, restricted neck, everted flange to the mouth with raised rim. 91 grams, 80 mm
Private collection formed in Germany in the 1990s. From a private Belgian collection. -
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Eastern Levant Zoomorphic AE Shekel Weight
Bronze to Iron II Age, circa 12th-6th centuries B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
In the form of a horse reclining; inscription in Paleo-Hebrew or Phoenician engraved on base: ŠQL QRQR ('Shekel of Karkor?). 18.53 grams, 39 x 19 x 11mm
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, E Sale 564, lot 1302. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12428-226549.
