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LOT 1336
Ottoman Epigraphic Artefact Group
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 7/8 in. (10.1 grams total, 17-22 mm).
Comprising: finger ring with scaphoid bezel and reserved Nastaliq script legend; seal or cuff-link part with incised Nastaliq legend. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 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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Urartian Bronze Recumbent Bull
8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Hollow-formed figure of a bull resting with its legs folded beneath its body, head turned; on a stepped rectangular base. 485 grams, 11.4 cm
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), thence by descent. Ex Galerie Dominique Thirion, Brussels, Belgium. Private collection of Mr K.A. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12411-225769. 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. -
Sumerian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet Section
Ur III, 22nd-21st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Biconvex in section with rounded edges, columns of neatly impressed cuneiform text to both flat faces; old collector's label '32' to broken end. 27.8 grams, 43 mm
London, UK, art market, 1980s, with collection label with no.32. From the collection of G.M.R.H., London, UK. Examined and translated 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, but the document now lost. 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. -
Luristan Bronze Antelope Statuette
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A model antelope or stag with ring-and-dot motif to the shoulders, standing on a narrow square base. 11 grams, 37mm
Fine condition.
Property of a Dutch gentleman; formerly in an old collection formed in the 1970s. 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.
