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LOT 1107
Western Asiatic Bronze Ring Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 - 1 1/8 in. (44.7 grams total, 17-29 mm).
Including barrel-shaped, ellipsoid-bezel and other types. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Mr J.L., Surrey, UK.
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Western Asiatic Veined Stone Macehead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Donut-shaped and drilled vertically to accommodate a wooden shaft. 328 grams, 69 mm
Ex London, UK, gentleman's collection, 1990s. -
Miniature Old Babylonian Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Seated Gods
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Frieze of incuse seated figures in profile. 0.23 grams, 7 mm
From an important collection formed before 1988. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s. -
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Elamite Silver Beaker with Three Ibexes
Circa 1500-800 B.C.Estimate: £40,000 - 60,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £17,500
Raised from a single sheet, conical in form with concave body and everted rim; the body, executed in repoussè technique and chased details, decorated by a frieze of three male ibexes, rows of ovules under the rim and beneath the animals; the beasts with muscular bodies and curving horns, each reaching for a flower hanging from above, and eight-petalled flower to the base; late Elamite or Marlik; repaired. 148 grams, 11.7 cm high
with Mahboubian Gallery, New York, acquired prior to 1966. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.12167-220488.
