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LOT 1179
Luristan Bronze Cloak Pin
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 7/8 in. (23.2 grams, 12.2 cm).
With median piercing and ribbed detailing, conical finial; the surface with areas of corrosion, the very tip absent; old collector's label '10355'. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, London, UK; acquired on the UK art market 1970s-1980s.
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Large Bactrian Stone Vessel
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
With slightly dished base, trumpet-shaped sidewall, parallel circumferential ridges below the rim with segmented detailing. 7.45 kg, 25.7 cm wide
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Mesopotamian Cylinder Seal with Drinking and Animal Combat Scenes
Circa 2400-2200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
With drinking scenes; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Translucent Greenstone / 31 x 12 mm. The engraved area is divided into two registers by a double line. Above is a drinking scene: two seated drinkers, each with a large ot of beer, and between the pots a standing servant. Below is a contest scene: two crossed lions molest each a horned animal. The horned animal on the left is upended, and is succoured by a hero. This comes from Mesopotamia and dates to c. 2400-2200 B.C. It is nicely engraved and in excellent state of preservation.' 8.09 grams, 31 mm
Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent. Accompanied by an original typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. -
Western Asiatic Bone Twin-Headed Amulet
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £156
Rectangular pendant with hatched and cross-hatched panels to the body, median piercing, two feline heads with sockets for the eyes, ears and nose, to accept coloured inserts. 8.3 grams, 33 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
