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LOT 0203
Mesopotamian Terracotta Pouring Vessel
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 5/8 in. (438 grams, 11.8 cm wide).
Formed as a pouring vessel with carinated body and short cylindrical spout, neck decorated with three concentric bands of pricked dots, incised bands below, combed chevrons to the equator featuring three raised knops to the rear.
ProvenanceAcquired in Europe before 1990.
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LOT 0203
Mesopotamian Terracotta Pouring Vessel
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Engraved with a figure seated on a throne together with a number of standing human figures and symbols in the field; drilled vertically for suspension. 11.8 grams, 33 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. 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. -
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Figures
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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