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LOT 0868
Western Asiatic Bronze and Silver Artefact Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 - 7 7/8 in. (509 grams total, 1.7-20 cm).
Including a ewer handle with thumb-pad, coiled spring, tubular fitting with beast-head detail and other items. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection, before 1980.
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Frieze of two bulls and rosettes within beaded borders. 10.2 grams, 31 mm
From a private UK collection formed from 1960. -
Sumerian Terracotta 'Bulla Envelope' with Impressed Decoration
Uruk Period, circa 5500-3100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,210
Complete and of spherical form, containing clay 'tokens'; the outer face impressed with enigmatic motifs. 190 grams, 64 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1988. 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. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. Accompanied by a copy of two previous illustrated and typed catalogue pages.
The tokens sealed within the bulla are believed to have been used as part of the accounting process in Sumerian or early Uruk agriculture. -
Ordos Bronze Belt Buckle with Lion Attacking a Doe
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Rectangular openwork panel with lioness biting the neck of a doe in a foliage setting; hook to one short edge; mounted on a custom-made stand. 234 total, 12.2 cm wide including stand
Private collection, UK, acquired 1986. Acquired from Chiswick Auctions, London, 11 December 2018, lot 131. Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK. Accompanied by the original catalogue page and a copy of the original invoice.
