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LOT 1189
Mesopotamian Stone Calf Amulet
URUK, 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (9.06 grams, 31 mm).
Reclining figure of a calf with regardant head, fine details on legs, head and tail; carved leaf to the reverse.
ProvenanceFrom a Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 1990s.
From a private UK collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1189
Mesopotamian Stone Calf Amulet
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Old Babylonian Terracotta Head of a Demon
1900-1800 B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Modelled in the round depicting the (severed?) head of the Mesopotamian demon Humbaba, with iconic facial features in relief; hollow with vent to the neck; produced from a two-piece mould, with median seam through the facial features. 191 grams, 87 mm
Private collection, Israel. with Holy Land House of Antiquities, Jerusalem, 1980s. Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2001. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12878-241678. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Luristan Bronze Javelin Head
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Comprising a slender leaf-shaped two-edged blade with midrib extending to a columnar neck expanding to a flared collar; square-section tang with bent finial. 225 grams, 47 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex Abelita family collection. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Achaemenid Bronze Phiale with Boss
500-400 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £278
Broad lotiform bowl with everted and turned rim, domed mesomphalos. 298 grams, 16.5 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
