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LOT 1183
Western Asiatic Green Glazed Pottery Jug
12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (390 grams, 18.2 cm).
Comprising an onion-shaped body with basal ring and broad curved shoulder, tiered neck, strap handle; mouth and pouring lip chipped.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, 1988-2000s.
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Neo-Babylonian Agate Duck Weight
Circa 700-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Carved in banded agate so that the head and upper back are in opaque white stone, the rest in translucent orange-tan stone. 4.76 grams, 23 mm
Acquired in 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Including tanged, barbed, square-section and other types. 150 grams total, 4.5-10.7 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal with Quadrate Cross
Circa 2300-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Discoid stamp seal with segmented face; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze. 51x51x16 mm. This is round with zig-zag outer edge, flat face and flat back in the centre of which is a loop handle on inverted U-shape. the design, which is both compartmented and open-work, consists of a quadrate cross within an outer band which as loops on its inner side, and the zig-zag on its outer side. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c.2300-2000 B.C. It is covered with incrustation, which could be removed. The metal appears to be in good condition.' 68.2 grams, 52 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Ex property of a West London businessman. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s.
