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LOT 0824
Western Asiatic Bronze Ibex Spout Protome
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (4 1/8 in.) (140 grams, 84 wide (169 grams total, 10.4 cm wide including stand)).
Featuring a u-section spout with ibex neck and head modelled in the round; rivets to oval face; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 51.72.8, for similar.
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Proto-Elamite Silver Ibex Figurine
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
Modelled in the round in a resting position with its legs folded underneath the body; the head turned to the left, large curving horns, applied glass paste for the eyes; small loop to the back; repaired and mounted on a custom-made display stand. 222 grams total, 14 cm (including base)
Ex private collection, 1960s-1970s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. Accompanied by a copy of metallurgic analytical results, written by metallurgist Dr Peter Northover (ex Department of Materials, Materials Science-Based Archaeology Group & Department of Materials, University of Oxford). This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11743-202215.
Like the silver-gilt mountain goat in the Boston Museum, it is possible that this figure originally had applied gilded elements. -
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1st millennium A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
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UK collection, early 1990s and before. Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. From a private collection, Lancashire, UK. -
Early Uruk Clay Numerical Tablet
Late 4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Of pillow-shaped form, with numerical markings to one face. 47 grams, 53 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. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
