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LOT 0200
Nabataean Redware Bowl with Painted Foliage
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (92 grams, 15.5 cm wide).
Squat ceramic bowl with lateral loop handles to the rim, carinated profile; finely executed painted foliage to the inner face; very rare.
ProvenanceFrom the important family collection of the late M.N., pre 1992.
LiteratureSee Hammond, P.C., A Classification of Nabataean Fine Ware in American Journal of Archaeology, Vol.66, no.2, for discussion.
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LOT 0200
Nabataean Redware Bowl with Painted Foliage
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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Neo Babylonian Agate Duck Weight
Mid 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Carved with the head and neck draped over the back. 11.3 grams, 25 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Snake-Headed Bracelet Pair
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Each formed as a penannular bracelet with balustered body, the finials with stylised snake heads and punched scale decoration. 42.7 grams total, 57-58 mm
Ex old English collection. London art market, 1980s. -
Elamite Haematite Cylinder Seal with the God Shatwak
Sukkalmah Period, circa 1970-1770 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Drilled vertically for suspension; engraved columns of cuneiform text alternating with human and animal figures; with the name of the owner followed by the standard pious statement 'servant of God X', the father's name of the seal owner is omitted: Shurpakir(?) servant of (the god) Shatwak. 5.91 grams, 21 mm
From an early 20th century collection, Carnavon, North Wales, UK.
The deity Shatwak is only otherwise known only as an element in one personal name in a tablet from Susa and in the 'servant of' phrase on a seal impression on tablets from Ur.
