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LOT 0235
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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Western Asiatic and Other Mixed Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
Including tabular, tubular, annular, oblate and other beads in glass, agate, lapis lazuli and other materials. 154 grams total, 1-29 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Ring with Geometric Circles
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With a ribbed hoop, the bezel formed of seven circlets with central pellets, arranged as a six-petalled flower. 5.59 grams, 22.79 mm overall, 18.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Amlash Bronze Mother and Child Amulet
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Figurine with large piriform head, standing nude holding a baby across her chest; with keeled nose and bulbous eyes, exaggerated lentoid mouth; the baby wrapped in covering, with pellet eyes; loop to rear of head. 29.9 grams, 61 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
