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LOT 1298
Neo-Assyrian Bronze Bowl
CIRCA 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
5 7/8 in. (125 grams, 15 cm).
Raised from a single sheet with slightly convex walls; concentric circles to the inner base with a central decorative motif composed of zig-zag lines. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a London collection formed 1989-2000.
Sold from Pars Antiquities, London, 2002.
Accompanied by an old collection ticket.
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Opening Bid: £100
Matched pair each with a split wire hoop, cell with beaded wire bands, hollow-formed biconvex finial. 3.18 grams, 20.5-21.8 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Limestone Mortar
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
With short columnar base and bulbous upper body, broad rim with pouring lip. 4.85 kg, 13 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
The later (2nd -3rd century A.D.) Rabbinic tradition emphasised the difference between the permanent mortar (makhtesh kevua) and the movable one (makhtesh metaltelet), with the first being automatically sold with the house, but the second sold only if expressly stated by the vendor. This form of movable mortar was common in the Levant throughout the second half of the 1st millennium B.C. -
Ur III Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
Circa 2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Irregular fragment with remains of original surface bearing columns of cuneiform text. 106 grams, 73 mm
Acquired from Ancient Art, London, UK, in 1985. From the personal collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
