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LOT 0991
Western Asiatic Bronze Lion Padlock
CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (71.7 grams, 70 mm).
Standing with open mouth and engraved annular eyes; voids to the chest and rump, triangular tab and hole to the rear of the head, hasp absent.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in the 1990s.
Ex property of a Suffolk collector.
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Western Asiatic Limestone Cylinder Seal with Birds
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With drilled frieze of perching birds. 8.81 grams, 17 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection no.047. London collection, 2016. -
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Pillow-shaped with median horizontal band to the obverse, text continuing onto one edge and part of the reverse. 94 grams, 66 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. -
Elamite Bronze Statuette of a Goddess
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
In erect pose with ankle-length robe, arms bent and hands cupping the breasts; elaborate banded headdress, prominent brow, nose and lentoid eyes; ribbed collar and hatched belt; pierced vertically for attachment; mounted on a custom-made stand. 121 grams total, 12.2 cm high including stand
M.Y. Saidnian, London and Jerusalem, prior to 1960. Acquired by the current owner from the above. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11965-209614.
