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LOT 1542
Northern Syrian Bronze Female Figure
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/8 in. (44.7 grams, 55 mm).
The upper part of a flat-backed female figurine, her arms crossed at the chest and wearing a conical headdress.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Opening Bid: £135
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Large Proto-Sumerian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet
4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,200
Pillow-shaped with incised grid to the broad faces, dense cuneiform text in the columns with impressed pellet numerals. 236 grams, 89 mm
Private collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13179-249318.
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Circa 1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Piriform body with raised rim around the filler hole and volute nozzle, linear decoration to the discus, low basal ring. 51.8 grams, 85 mm
From a collection of lamps from a late Scottish gentleman, 1970-1990s.
