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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 Bracelet with Beast-Headed Terminals
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
D-shaped in section with opposed horned beast-head terminals. 32.4 grams, 60 mm
From an old English collection, 1990s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Neo-Babylonian Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Bull-Man Contest Scene
7th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Frieze with contest scene, winged divinity in profile grasping the hindleg of a bull while lion raises its foreleg preparing to strike; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 12.6 grams, 36 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12250-222162.
