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LOT 1729
Western Asiatic Alabaster Jar
CIRCA 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/8 in. (835 grams, 13 cm wide).
Conical in profile with rounded rim to the mouth, discoid foot.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 1729
Western Asiatic Alabaster Jar
Estimate £350 - 450€410 - 520 (for guidance only)$470 - 610 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£75 (EUR 87; USD 101) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Glass Vessel Collection
Circa 8th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including a globular jar with tall neck and applied spiral trail with segmentation, and other items. 115 grams total, 16-71 mm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Achaemenid Iron Spout in the Form of a Lion's Head
5th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £130
Protome in the shape of a lion's head with deep, triangular eye sockets, the wreath-shaped mane transitioning into a rounded socket with a drilled hole on each side of the neck; mounted on a custom-made stand. 81 grams total, head: 36 mm wide, 10 cm including stand
Private collection, Switzerland, prior 1983; thence by descent.
The drill hole through the gaping mouth suggests that the head may have served as a spout. -
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet, an Administrative Document
Circa 2000-1700 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Pillow-shaped with lines of dense cuneiform text to flat faces, edges and ends; accompanied by an old handwritten slip: 'Old Babylonian administration document, c.2000-1700 B.C.'. 247 grams, 12.5 cm
Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten note by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
