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LOT 1181
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet
EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 in. (26 grams, 39 mm).
Pillow-shaped in form with cuneiform text in dense rows to both faces. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceSpecialised 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.
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Sassanian Silver Plate with a Shah Hunting
6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,400
With a dynamic scene depicting a Shah on horseback shooting arrows from his bow; a leaping quadruped with an arrow through its neck racing in front of the galloping stocky horse; a fallen boar with an arrow on its back laying on the foreground, and another large boar charging towards the horse on the upper field; a hunting dog on the lower field and a pair of birds behind the horse; the king wearing a crown and mantle, a scabbard hanging from his waist; low foot to base; repaired. 505 grams, 21.3 cm wide
Private US collection, kept in Switzerland, since the 1960s. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00122910. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12023-214175.
Various are the parallels for this scene, visible on many silver plates of Sassanian and Post-Sassanian periods. Good parallels can be found with plates in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Peroz or Kavad I hunting rams, Harper & Meyers,1981, p.XII, pl.17), in the Museum fur Islamische Künst, Berlin (King hunting, Harper & Meyers,1981, pl.20) and especially with the silver-gilt plate from Nizhne Shakharovka (king hunting boars, Harper & Meyers, 1981, pl.32). -
Luristan Spouted Terracotta Bowl
Circa 13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £131
With broad hemispherical bowl, short U-section spout, integral round-section handle and three stub feet. 210 grams, 13.5 cm wide
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Bactrian Pierced Stone Plaque with Lion
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Ellipsoid in plan with reserved lion passant regardant, two attachment holes to each end. 56 grams, 82 mm
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
