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LOT 1222
Western Asiatic Gold Pendant
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (2.41 grams, 22 mm).
Formed with two granulated gold beads separated by a garnet bead, and two small blue beads below, a loop above and below.
ProvenanceEx late Japanese gentleman's collection, 1970-2010.
Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance.
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Neo-Assyrian Terracotta Head of Pazuzu
Circa 8th-6th century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £510
Modelled with a grimacing expression and exposed teeth, long horns extending from the brow towards the back of the head; pierced through the rear edge; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 73 grams, 75 mm (119 grams total, 10.5 cm including stand)
Private Swiss collection, before 2005. Private collection, London. -
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Western Asiatic Grey Stone Cylinder Seal with Foal and Bird
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Frieze comprising a mare in profile standing with foal suckling beneath. bird perching on a vessel, faravahar winged solar disc above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 10.16 grams, 30 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Large Neo-Assyrian Cuneiform Frieze Section with Annals for King Ashurnasirpal II
883-859 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £12,350
A stone frieze with four lines of large cuneiform text accompanied by documentation to support that this a section from the annals of King Ashurnasirpal II: 'Ashurnasirpal (II), great king, mighty king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Tukulti-Ninurta (II), great king, mighty king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nirari (II), great king, mighty king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, valiant man, who acts with the support of the weapons of Assur, his lord, who has no equal among the princes of the four regions, king who has subdued (the territories extending) from the opposite bank of the Tigris to Mount Lebanon and the Great Sea, the entire land of Laqû, the land of Suhu as far as the city of Rapiqu. He conquered the sources of the Subnat river as far as the land of Nirbu…'; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 2.85 kg total, 36.5 cm wide including stand
Belgian private collection, acquired before 1960, and thence by descent to the collector's widow. with Mrs Drees (?), Brussels, acquired from the widow of the above, 2004. with Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 28 October 2006, lot 219. with Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 12 December 2023, lot 416. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13369-258955.
Most of the reliefs and inscriptions of this king are in the British Museum and Louvre. Further holdings are in the New York Historical Society, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University. They celebrated the glory of the Assyrians at the apogee of their Empire.
