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LOT 1366
Luristan Bronze Animal
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
1 1/8 in. (6.2 grams, 29 mm).
Modelled in the round with splayed legs and stub tail. [No Reserve]
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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Amlash Terracotta Stag Rhyton
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £375
Comprising a tubular body with dommed rump and four stub legs, angled neck to accept a separate neck and head with applied domed eyes and antlers with lateral spurs; trumpet-shaped filler tube to upper face and strap handle to the rear; impressed longitudinal lines; pouring hole at throat. 841 grams, 30.9 cm wide
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report and photograph by Oxford Authentication with sample no.281z20 dated 16 June 1981. 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 Fragmentary Cuneiform Barrel with Coin Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising: a fusiform ceramic bead with impressed cuneiform text in four columns; group of twenty-seven bronze coins and fragments; in old cardboard soap box with handwritten legend inside lid 'Bought from an old beggar Arab at Murood, in desert'; wrapped in fragments of old English-language newspaper dated March 31, 1928. 145 grams total including box, 1-56 mm
Early 20th century private collection, acquired March 1925. Subsequently Simon Chorley Art & Antiques Ltd, Gloucestershire, 23rd September 2010. Private collection, acquired from the above. In a box marked 'Found by ourselves in Desert at Murmood (?) March 1925'. 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. -
Achaemenid Tinned Bronze Phiale Mesomphalos
6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Of low profile with raised central boss. 106 grams, 13.3 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.
