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LOT 0927
Western Asiatic Geometric Terracotta Jar
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/8 in. (282 grams, 13 cm high).
Spherical bodied with painted frieze of concentric roundels to the body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Lion Padlock
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £48
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. 71.7 grams, 70 mm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. Ex property of a Suffolk collector. -
Amlash Terracotta Flagon
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Globular in form with flared cylindrical neck and integral handle with triangular projection; applied pellets either side, likely a zoomorphic representation, with incised vertical bands to the neck. 735 grams, 24.5 cm high
Ex Rabi Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK. Ex private collection. -
Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar The Great Brick Section with Cuneiform Inscription
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Rectangular mud-brick with 14 lines of impressed cuneiform text within a reserved border; supposed reference to 'Nabû-kudurri-uṣur' (Nebuchadnezzar); mounted in a custom-made display frame. 1.2 kg total, 27 x 20 cm
Ex B.A. family collection, Kent, pre 1990s. E.P. collection, Cambridge,1990s-2000’s. Latterly to the J.L. collection, Surrey, UK.
Nebuchadnezzar, known as 'the Great', was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, who reigned from the death of his father Nabopolassar in 605 B.C. to his own death in 562 B.C. He is often regarded as the empire's greatest ruler due to his military victories and his renovations at Babylon.