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LOT 1420
Luristan Bronze Bowl
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
3 7/8 in. (131 grams, 98 mm).
With hemispherical body, raised from a single sheet.
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 Tubular Gold Bead Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Comprising twelve tubular beads with applied granules, two formed of interlocking spheres, and one barrel-shaped with concave sides. 4.67 grams total, 3-7 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. 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. -
Babylonian Hematite Duck Weight
8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Carved with the head resting along the spine, flared tail. 17 grams, 24 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. 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. -
Neo Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet for irbu-income
Circa 600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
Pillow-shaped tablet with cuneiform text identified as 'irbu-income of dates from five people, with additional accounting on reverse, dating to year twenty of an unnamed king'; in glass-topped wooden display box. 24.9 grams, 45 mm (68 grams total, 66 x 50 mm including box)
Acquired in a Dorset/Somerset saleroom in the late 1950s. From the private collection of Colonel E.J. Martin (1911-1981) Indian Army and Artillery Regiment; collected since before 1954, and still with its original box with old information label. Identified by Colonel Martin's friend, the 'Keeper of Antiquities' at the British Museum. 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.
