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LOT 1181
Mesopotamian Stone Vessel
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 3/4 in (720 grams, 17 cm).
Slightly flared tubular body with everted rim.
ProvenanceFrom a collection formed before 1990.
Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 2000s.
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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Western Asiatic Bronze Idol with Dressed Hair
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
With conical hairstyle or headdress, tiered beard, pellet eyes and flange ears, arms extended, peg to the lower body. 19.7 grams, 48 mm
Fine condition.
From an important central London collection formed since the mid 1960s; thence by descent. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. 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. -
Azerbaijan Hasanlu Tepe Pottery Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £850
Comprising a broad hemispherical bowl with single lug to the rim, columnar body with four bands of impressed teardrop and other motifs; gusseted band below and three radiating scooped legs supported by an integral median ring. 5.45 kg, 36 cm
with Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK, 1974. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12895-241413. 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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Sumerian Alabaster Plaque with Seated Man
Circa 2800-2600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Rectangular fragment with border to right and bottom edges; scene with reserved figure in profile sitting on a framed chair wearing a flounced garment and taking or holding a drinking horn in one hand, the other resting on his leg. 108 grams, 94 mm
Private collection, Contessa L.J., since the 1980s. Private collection, Switzerland, 2001. 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.
