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LOT 1420
Sumerian Stone Skirt
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (14.7 grams, 32 mm).
Plano-convex in section with a later (20th century) band of largely untranslated cuneiform style text; a skirt from a figure.
ProvenanceFrom the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
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 1420
Sumerian Stone Skirt
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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12th-10th century B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Including triangular, barbed-and-tanged, leaf-shaped, and other types. 266 grams total, 49-108 mm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. 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.
Some of these arrowheads seem to belong to the type V, subcategory types A, C and D according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C with barbed shoulders and D with round shoulders. Subtype A is substantially similar to C, but smaller. -
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550-450 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. 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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Design comprising two rearing gryphons within herringbone borders; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 13.8 grams, 39 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. 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.
