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LOT 0203
Old Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal
2000-1800 B.C.
1 in. (11 grams, 25 mm).
Columnar in form with frieze depicting a standing Lamma goddess in flounced robe facing towards a god wearing a pleated garment and holding a mace at his hip; disc-and-crescent motif above; behind, the storm-god Adad with one foot on a mound, wielding a lightning bolt in his raised hand.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe.
with Bonhams, London, 22 April 1999, no.538.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12538-232100.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Woman
6th-4th century B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
Sockets to accept inlaid eyes, roughly chiselled ears placed high, elongated nose, top of the head cut off flat at the hair line, back of the head left roughly tooled; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 2.12 kg total, 23 cm high including stand
UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The human heads sculptured in alabaster or other stone vary in size and detail, but are a closely related group. They all have many stylistic characteristics in common. Our head is from a funerary monument and it was originally set within an inscribed stela. -
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Sumerian Alabaster Plaque with Seated Man
Circa 2800-2600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Rectangular fragment with border to right and bottom edges; scene with reserved figure in profile sitting on a framed chair wearing a flounced garment and taking or holding a drinking horn in one hand, the other resting on his leg. 108 grams, 94 mm
Private collection, Contessa L.J., since the 1980s. Private collection, Switzerland, 2001. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Elamite Bronze Piravend Statuette
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A male wearing a tunic belted to the waist; left hand on hip, right hand raised holding a club(?); incised details to the face. 10 grams, 50 mm
Fine condition.
Ex property of a North London lady; gifted from her father's collection; formerly with a Mayfair gallery, London, UK; previously acquired in the 1980s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
