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LOT 0959
Trans Jordan Terracotta Bowl
EARLY BRONZE AGE, 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 1/2 in. (1.07 kg, 26.5 cm wide).
Large with conical body and narrow base, applied fluted strip to the vertical shoulder, narrow rim.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1988.
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Bactrian Bowl with Animal Decoration
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
With cylindrical body and lug handles, reserved stylised images on each side comprising two deer facing a palm tree. 805 grams, 19 cm wide
Fine condition.
French collection, 1990s-early 2000s. Mediterranean archaeology, Asia, Prehistory & Curiosities Sale, Vermot & Associés, Paris, 18 July 2020, lot 329. From an important Paris gallery, France. Ex private Parisian collection.
The motif of deer facing a palm tree appear on the ceramics from Harappa. The motif of the deer and sacred tree was widespread throughout the Oxus Valley, as well as in the ancient cultures of Bactria and Margiana. -
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Western Asiatic Alabaster Bifacial Stamp Seal with Vulture, Snake and Winged Lion
Susa II, circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Discoid with transverse piercing; one side with incuse profile image of a winged quadruped; the other side with a bird in flight flanked by a fish and serpent; supplied with a museum-quality impression of each face. 11.5 grams, 29 mm wide
Ex S Collection, London, UK, 1970-1990s. -
Western Asiatic Ceramic Artefact Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £98
A mixed group of complete and fragmentary ceramic artefacts, including decorated vessels, figural idols, the head of a bovine and other items. 662 grams total, 4.3-17.5 cm
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private collection since 1998.
