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LOT 0275
Proto Elamite Bronze Bowl with Seated Lions
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (317 grams, 10.2 cm wide).
With D-section wall and shallow discoid foot, ornamented with a procession of three lions seated right in relief around the shoulder; remains of lug handle.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
Cf. Müller-Karpe, M., Metallgefässe im Iraq I (Von den Anfängen bis zur Akkad-Zeit), Stuttgart, 1993, p.86 ss. (forme 11, I), pp.235-237, no.1588, pl.142.; cf. Van Ess, M. and Pedde, F., Uruk, Kleinfunde II, Mainz on Rhine, 1992, p.18, no.109, pl.19.
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Bactrian Silver Walking Stick Attachment
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Hollow-formed cylinder seal-type attachment, possibly from a walking stick or a furniture fitting, with a frieze of opposed seated figures, beasts and other details; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 32.33 grams, 31 mm
Fair condition. Very rare.
Acquired before 1990. With a central London gallery. Private collection of a North West London lady. -
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Stamp Seal
19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Tapering, hexagonal in plan with incuse calligraphic inscription; pierced at the narrow end. 21.1 grams, 35 mm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971. -
Large Amlash Bronze Spouted Libation Vessel
Circa 1200-1000 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
With a thin-walled body and flaring foot, a separately made long spout rivetted to the body; the U-shaped spout resembling the beak of a bird with stylised linear feather detailing to the gracefully curving neck, eleven domed rivets to the edges; the base of the foot with concentric circle decoration. 736 grams, 47 cm
Acquired in the 1960s. From the collection of Mr Jay Gluck (1927-2000) & Mrs Sumi Hiramoto Gluck. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12061-214190.
Jay Gluck was an American archaeologist and specialist in the history of Persian art. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1949 in Archaeology and Middle Eastern Studies. In 1966 he became director of the Asia Institute of the Pahlavi University in Iran. He is also well known for republishing the work of Arthur Upham Pope, A Survey of Persian Art.
