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LOT 0956
Neo-Babylonian Duck Weight
CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
1 5/8 in. (33 grams, 42 mm wide).
A polished haematite duck weight, the animal modelled with its head resting along its back.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980s-1990s.
H.N.collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
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Framed Mughal Watercolour Painting Pair by Assad Irani
Early 19th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
A pair of watercolours, each showing a nobleman standing right, leaning on a sword, concentric borders and gold-coloured stipple-effect, signed by an Iranian artist Assad Irani; both mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 2.45 kg total, each 42 x 32 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Amlash Terracotta Amphora
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £229
A finely modelled red terracotta amphora featuring a globular body rising from a flat base, a short neck, and a wide, flaring rim; two applied handles extending from the shoulder to the rim with bird-head detailing. 1 kg, 22 cm high
Fine condition.
Acquired 1970s-1990s. Ex Pars Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK. From a specialist collection of pottery. -
Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Group
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
A group of five cuneiform ceramic tablet fragments, each comprising at least one face of cuneiform text or pictographs, three are accounting texts of about 3000; one of the fragments is late Old Babylonian; the fifth fragment is anepigraphic. 55 grams total, 25-33 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. 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. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
