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LOT 1308
Western Asiatic Bronze Seal Matrix
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (9.95 grams, 19 mm).
With a tongue-shaped handle placed perpendicular to the oval body; separately made intaglio with geometric motifs.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva.
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LOT 1308
Western Asiatic Bronze Seal Matrix
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Schist Mortar and Pestle
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Drum-shaped mortar with chipped rim; pestle with ribbed grip. 2.06 kg total, 10.5-19 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Stone Ball with High-Relief Animals
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Reserved animal shapes - hare, fox and hound, on an irregular ball, perhaps part of a game. 178 grams, 53 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
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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.
