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LOT 0235
Proto-Sumerian Alabaster Vessel
CIRCA 3000 B.C.
4 5/8 in. (1.02 kg, 11.7 cm wide).
Jar with slightly tapering cylindrical sidewall, flared rim to the mouth; incised hatched band to the shoulder and four pierced lugs.
Provenancewith Gwain McKinley, London, 1980s.
Acquired from the above, 1993.
Private European collection, thence by family descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12125-218132.
Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession no.1882,0918,A.27.
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Assyrian Red Stone Warrior Ceremony Cylinder Seal
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
With intaglio standing figures each with discoid head surmounted by a crescent, supporting a circular panel with beaded outline, four crouching figures with arms raised holding maces and spears radiating from a a central guilloche motif, interstitial radiating bars motif (fire) to each corner. 11 grams, 28 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. Examined 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. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12423-225425.
