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LOT 0211
Old Babylonian Terracotta Bulla Recording the Rations of Vegetable Oil to Named Individuals
1900-1800 B.C.
1 5/8 in. (20 grams, 40 mm).
Barrel-shaped with vertical perforation, columns of cuneiform text to the sidewall.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1997.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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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LOT 0211
Old Babylonian Terracotta Bulla Recording the Rations of Vegetable Oil to Named Individuals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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Cypriot Type Gold Pomegranate Bead Pair
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Each formed as a pomegranate suspended from a spherical bead with loops; not found in Cyprus. 0.86 grams total, 17-18 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. 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. -
Khorasan 'Muhammad Bin Husayn' Bronze Cauldron
11th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £315
With deep hemispherical bowl and three stub feet, two lateral trapezoidal flanges to the rim each with an arched handle; similar flange to forward edge with reserved panel of scrolled foliage; to the rear, flange with shallow median socket decorated with scrolled tendrils, two lateral discs each with a star of intersecting triangles; signed by Muhammad Bin Husayn 5.75 kg, 43.5 cm
with Christie's, South Kensington, Art & Textiles of The Islamic & Indian Worlds, 8 April 2011, no.150. Private collection, UK. 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. -
Babylonian Bronze Pazuzu Head Pendant
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Formed in the round bust of Pazuzu with disc base and loop. 4.45 grams, 19.7 mm
From a collection of a late London, UK, collector, 1980s. 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.
