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LOT 1303
Trans Jordan Terracotta Bowl
EARLY BRONZE AGE I, 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 in. (1.64 kg, 25.5 cm wide).
Of hemispherical profile with everted rim, five radiating ledge handles to the shoulder.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection of terracotta pre 1988, London and Geneva.
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Bactrian Ceramic Jar with Stamped Decoration
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Squat in profile with broad foot, carinated rim with notched edge, band of impressed rosettes and inset shell studs to the shoulder, notched borders. 540 grams, 13.8 cm wide
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. -
Hittite Bronze Statuette of a Stag
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Modelled in the round, the stag standing with legs firmly set, ears and antlers carefully modelled; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 291 grams total, 88 mm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
In Anatolia, cult objects in the form of a deer found in the Royal Cemetery of Alaca Höyük, dating to the 3rd millennium B.C., suggest worship of this animal. This continued during the Hittite period where bronze statuettes of this type were widespread. The cult was widespread in the Mediterranean-Aegean world. Even on the remote island of Sardinia, similar cultic and votive statuettes were made. -
Assyrian Red Stone Cylinder Seal
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
With intaglio frieze depicting a pair of addorsed ibexes in rampant pose, their horns held in the grip of a nude facing female with spread wings; tall male winged figure looking backwards towards the female, advancing towards two opposed hounds with heads thrown back and a small figure leaping over them holding two reeds or wands; tall male figure in pleated garment and broad-brimmed cap holding the tether of one ibex, star above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 28.4 grams, 30 mm
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. 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.
