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LOT 1299
Luristan Bronze Kohl Pot with Snakes and Applicator
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
4 3/8 in. (46 grams, 11.1 cm).
Tapering tubular pot with trumpet-shaped mouth, raised collars to neck and base, undulating snake motifs; applicator with handle formed as three radiating lobes. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Old Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal for (the god) Ea and (the goddess) Dangalnuna
Circa 1894-1595 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £540
With large central hole, incised frieze of a standing nude hero facing and a figure in tiered floor-length garment, two columns of cuneiform text to the rear. 9.18 grams, 28 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.033. London collection, 2016. -
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Western Asiatic Stone Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising several hundred mixed small beads, mostly round or tubular forms, in red carnelian and other materials; all pierced for stringing. 108 grams total, 4-19 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
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Mesopotamian Round School Cuneiform Tablet
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Domed underside with cuneiform text to the upper face; chipped. 114 grams, 70 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
