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LOT 1259
Syro-Hittite Steatite Container with Engraved Pairs of Animals
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/4 in. (820 grams, 10.9 cm).
Rectangular tray with segmented upper face, each sidewall with incuse scene of two opposed animals (horses, goats), one with a human figure interposed.
ProvenancePrivate collection.
Acquired in 2001.
Private collection, Europe.
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LOT 1259
Syro-Hittite Steatite Container with Engraved Pairs of Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
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Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Group of cornerless cube-shaped and other graduated beads. 60 grams total, 48 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Mesopotamian Black and Grey Mottled Stone Macehead
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Piriform in profile with flared tubular socket and flat rim, carination to the bulb. 481 grams, 96 mm
Ex 1990s collection and with a central London gallery. -
Babylonian Bronze Pazuzu Head Pendant
700-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Formed in the round bust of Pazuzu with disc base and loop. 4.45 grams, 19.7 mm
From a collection of a late London, UK, collector, 1980s. 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.
