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LOT 1317
Western Asiatic Bronze Bowl
LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/2 in. (220 grams, 19 cm).
Broad and shallow with incised concentric rings to the inner face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx 1990s collection and with a central London gallery.
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Western Asiatic Gold Breast Cover
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Opening Bid: £400
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Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Parthian Glazed Terracotta Fertility Figure
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Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Fragmentary section of a tablet with impressed characters; repaired. 123 grams, 81 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. 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. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
