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LOT 1395
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group
13TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
1 1/2 - 3 3/4 in. (289 grams total, 33-95 mm).
Including barbed-and-tanged, leaf-shaped, tongue-shaped, and other types. [50]
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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Large West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal with Heraldic Eagle
Circa 2300-2000 B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Openwork discoid seal with loop handle to the reverse; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze, 63x63x20 mm. This is round with flat face and flat back on which a handle of inverted U-shape is mounted on the back. The design is both compartmented and open-work. It shows a heraldic eagle in the middle: head up, wings spread, and tail feathers down, surrounded by a guilloche of nine spirals. The design is repeated by engraving on the back. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 2300-2000 B.C. The handle is worn, but otherwise it is in very good condition, and is a fine piece.' 63.6 grams, 64 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Ex property of a West London businessman. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. 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. -
Mesopotamian Stone Animal-Headed Implement
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Square-section long body with rounded edges, tapered and flattened to one end; stylised zoomorphic finial to the other end with one white eye inlay, pierced for suspension. 42.4 grams, 15.1 cm
From an important collection pre 1988. From a private UK 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. -
Mesopotamian Stone Reclining Ram Amulet
Uruk, 4th millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Stylised ram body in profile, head raised and turned, reverse with six engraved dots, pierced vertically for suspension. 19.6 grams, 46 mm
From a Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 1990s. From a private UK 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.