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LOT 1283
Ottoman Style Silver Ring Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 3/8 in. (262 grams total, 23-36 mm).
Mainly with inset lapis lazuli, onyx or other cloison with incuse portrait bust, scorpion or other motif. [27]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London, UK, 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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Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash
Circa 2100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Conical with a domed top, ten-line inscription of Gudea of Lagash, giving a record of the building of Eninnu, the temple of Ningirsu: 'For Ningirsu, might warrior of Enlil, Gudea, ruler of Lagash, produced everything appropriate and built for him Eninnu, this shining Imdugud bird, and restored it.'. 192 grams, 11 cm
From an important collection formed before 1988. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. 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. -
Western Asiatic Glass and Silver Bead Necklace
Late 19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising pressed polychrome striped glass beads with granulated spacers, a median glass vase pendant and an engraved rectangular clasp. 39 grams, 41 cm
Acquired UK 1990s. Ex property of a Sussex, UK collector. Property of a Californian, USA, collector. 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. -
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Contract Tablet for the Purchase of Land with Silver During the Reign of King Manabaltiel of Kisurra
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with impressed cuneiform inscriptions, listing the purchase of a parcel of land for 1/3 of a mina of silver, a purchase that cannot be contested, with a list of witnesses; wrapped and enclosed in a clay envelope with cuneiform text to both flat faces. 180 grams, 96 mm
From an important collection of a London gentleman, 1980-2000s. 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.
