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LOT 0873
Luristan Bronze Pin Group
11TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/8 - 6 1/4 in. (112 grams total, 13.5-16 cm).
Comprising four examples with tapering bodies and decorative finials, three with a central piercing. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection, before 1980.
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Phoenician Black Terracotta Ritual Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Carinated in form with a rounded shoulder and short everted neck, two hemispherical juglets to the shoulder with pierced bases and strap handles below, one independent loop handle to the shoulder; painted black decoration to the upper body including clusters of vertical lines and vertical bands alternating with zig-zagging. 3.25 kg, 30 cm wide
London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
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Western Asiatic Calligraphic Bronze Scribe's Case Decorated with Lions
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Rectangular in section, tapering with lotus-shaped domed knop and pierced suspension lug; lateral faces with reserved calligraphic text on a hatched field; upper and lower faces with a frieze of advancing lions and hounds on a dense foliage field; upper face with filler hole and socket for the brush; Khorasan workmanship. 87 grams, 24 cm
Ex Paris collection. French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s. -
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Pillow-shaped with median horizontal band to the obverse, text continuing onto one edge and part of the reverse. 94 grams, 66 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.
