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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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Western Asiatic Terracotta Footed Chalice
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With flared foot, broad bowl with carinated profile, everted rim; painted band to the equator. 643 grams, 14 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990-2000. 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. -
West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal with Sun-Whorl
Circa 2300-2000 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Discoid stamp seal with segmented face; 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. 39x39x12 mm. This is round with flat compartmented face and flat back on which is mounted a broad handle of inverted U-shape. The design consists of a central circle from which eight curving bands spread to the edge, creating a whorl, the bands being hatched. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 2300-2000 B.C. It is in very good condition and the hatching on the base of the compartments is unusual.' 24.5 grams, 39 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. -
Azerbaijan Hasanlu Tepe Pottery Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £850
Comprising a broad hemispherical bowl with single lug to the rim, columnar body with four bands of impressed teardrop and other motifs; gusseted band below and three radiating scooped legs supported by an integral median ring. 5.45 kg, 36 cm
with Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK, 1974. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12895-241413. 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.