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LOT 1098
Western Asiatic Bronze Ring with Calligraphic Inscription
CIRCA 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (4.40 grams, 22.29 mm overall, 19.36 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
Comprising a D-section hoop with starburst motifs and three raised decorative plaques, lentoid bezel with an inscribed rectangular panel surrounded by foliate motifs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1098
Western Asiatic Bronze Ring with Calligraphic Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Early Bronze Age I, 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Biconvex globular body with broad neck, flared rim, two ledge handles to the equator. 2.34 kg, 23.5 cm
From the collection of a gentleman, Geneva, before 1988. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Gnostic Black Stone Scaraboid with Eye in Hand
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From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Old Babylonian Administrative Terracotta Tablet Noting a Fall from the City Wall of Isin
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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. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
