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LOT 1544
Uruk Period Terracotta Bulla with Bird
EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (6.78 grams, 31 mm).
Fragment of a bulla with a horned quadruple animal in profile, a bird in flight and a serpent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 1544
Uruk Period Terracotta Bulla with Bird
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Assyrian Hardstone Relief with Head of a Bearded Man
704-681 B.C.Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
Rectangular frieze fragment with low-relief carving of a profile bust with short straight hair confined by a brow-band, segmented curls forming the beard, furrowed brow, one arm extended; handwritten label to rear 'from the Koyunjik palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh and incised legend 'KOUYUNJIK' and 'A'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 530 grams total, 11.6 cm including stand
Allegedly found in the Koyunjik Palace of Sennacherib. Ex property of a gentleman, UK, acquired in the 1970s. Ex private collection, Oxfordshire, UK, 1988. Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 7 December 1994, no.235. Art market, New York. Ex private collection, Tokyo, Japan. Private European collection, 2009. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.12880-241660.
The image can be compared with that of a fisherman from the time of Sennacherib (705-681 B.C.). On his head, there is a fillet which slightly broadens at the front. -
Western Asiatic Painted Channel-Spouted Terracotta Vessel
8th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
With basal ring, bulbous body, loop handle, and long pouring lip with strainer and thumb-pad; hatched and scrolled painted decoration. 292 grams, 17.7 cm
UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman. -
Neo-Babylonian Engraved Alabaster Duck Weight
700-600 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Carved in the round with wheel-cut geometric design to the underside; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.17 grams, 18 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
