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LOT 0957
Trans Jordan Redware Burnished Jar
CIRCA 3000 B.C.
5 in. (260 grams, 12.5 cm high).
Of globular form with flat base and funicular neck; two lug handles to the shoulder.
ProvenanceEx Hands of the Potter exhibition.
Faustus Gallery, Jermyn Street, 1990s.
London, UK, collection.
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Nabataean Redware Jug
4th century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
With gussetted foot, flared neck and mouth, ribbed strap handle to the reverse. 180 grams, 14.5 cm high
From an important collection of Holy Land pottery formed pre 1988, thence by descent. -
Old Babylonian Administrative Text Clay Cuneiform Tablet
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Roughly pillow-shaped and bearing ruled lines and text to both principal faces; repaired. 166 grams, 89 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. 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 small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Ibex Spout Protome
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Featuring a u-section spout with ibex neck and head modelled in the round; rivets to oval face; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 140 grams, 84 wide (169 grams total, 10.4 cm wide including stand)
Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Ex London, UK, gallery.
