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LOT 1239
Western Asiatic Bronze Sheet Idol
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (7.33 grams, 10.1 cm).
With repoussé pellets to the outline, facial details, breasts and navel.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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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Western Asiatic Red Glass Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £72
A designer necklace composed of small oblate beads with larger feature beads, restrung to a Y-shape with irregular feature beads. 6.7 grams, 39 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. 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. -
Luristan Bronze Animal
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Modelled in the round with applied halter to the neck. 9.09 grams, 33 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. 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. -
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Bifacial, pillow-shaped with cuneiform text to one face and one edge; one corner absent. 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. This small 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.
