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LOT 0888
Luristan Vessel Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/2 - 6 7/8 in. (551 grams total, 11.5 - 17.5 cm).
A group of two copper-alloy vessels or vessel components: a shallow bowl with wedge-shaped handle; a hemispherical bowl or lid with truncated conical terminal or foot. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK collection since the 1990s.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
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Western Asiatic Bulbous Vase
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
A bulbous ceramic vessel with trumpet-style neck and rim and integral foot. 1.1 kg, 23 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Cylinder Seal with Figural Scene
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £450
A cylinder seal of black stone with rounded edges, incuse frieze depicting a standing female in slim dress, a tree with radiating fruit and leaves, second similar female extending an arm over a small figure with a spear, winged sun-disc (faravahar) above. 33.8 grams, 39 mm
From an important family collection. 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. -
Nabataean Painted Jug
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
A small terracotta jug with strap handle above the shoulder, painted frond patterns to the body, shoulder and neck. 76 grams, 12.4 cm high
From an important collection of Holy Land pottery formed pre 1988, thence by descent.
