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LOT 1179
Luristan Terracotta Vessel with Bird Face
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/4 in. (298 grams, 18.5 cm).
Ewer with broad bulbous body and carination at the base, tapering neck with loop handle developing to a raised spine, flared mouth with pinched rim and avian facial detailing.
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
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LOT 1179
Luristan Terracotta Vessel with Bird Face
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Sassanian Stone Seal with Four Animal Heads
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Plano-convex seal with conjoined animal heads; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note dated April 1999, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Goethite 16x19x15.4 mm. This is a decorated ellipsoid with nearly round flat face, the back with large suspension hole and decorated with three pairs of two raised circles. The design consists of the protomes of four creatures joining the middle: bull, ram (or ibex), stag and eagle. Around them are three fillers: two stars and a crescent. This is a Sassanian seal. c.200-500 A.D. It is in very good condition and has a very rare design. No doubt there is some symbolism in these four creatures, but the present writer does not know what it is.' 8.46 grams, 19 mm
UK private collection, 1980-1983. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note dated April 1999, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. -
Achaemenid Pale Blue Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
Circa 6th-4th century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Restrung group of graduated beads, mainly oblate and annular types with melon centrepiece. 12.4 grams, 33.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Proto-Sumerian Pictographic Tablet for Amounts of Barley
Uruk III, circa 3200-3000 B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Rectangular tablet, lentoid in section, with surface divided into three panels, each with a proto-Sumerian legend in an early form of cuneiform script. 26.3 grams, 55 mm
From an important collection of a London gentleman, 1980-2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12243-220927.
