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LOT 1276
Luristan Bronze Standard Finial with Bird
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (87.4 grams, 99 mm).
With a conical, collared body; the top with a stylised bird modelled in the round.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1276
Luristan Bronze Standard Finial with Bird
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Early Dynastic Shell Cylinder Seal
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
With incuse design in two rows; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and typed and signed scholarly note issued by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Fossil Shell, 38x10 mm. The design is a pattern in two identical but staggered registers. In each there are two alternating motifs: the one a simple cross with horizontal and diagonal cuts around it, the other more like a flying insect also with supporting cuts. From Mesopotamia, c. 3000 B.C. Condition good.' 6.6 grams, 38 mm
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s. Accompanied by an original type and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
