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LOT 1057
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 1/4 in. (5.17 grams total, 1-6 mm).
Including oblate, biconvex, barrel-shaped and other types. [76]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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Western Asiatic Diorite Bowl
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Conical in profile with narrow base and rounded rim. 1.46 kg, 18.2 cm
From the collection of A.R., 1970s. Ex private collection of Mr.K.A., acquired from the above. -
Western Asiatic Stone Mortar
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Squat in profile with broad rounded rim. 1.2 kg, 15.5 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. -
Elamite Silver Beaker with Three Ibexes
Circa 2,500-1,500 B.C.Estimate: £25,000 - 35,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £12,500
Raised from a single sheet with conical body and everted rim, three striding ibexes in repoussè, each with its head held up high and depicted with defined musculature and genitalia; band of ovule decoration above and below, three hanging flowers separating the ibexes; the base with an eight-petalled flower; late Elamite or Marlik. 153 grams, 12 cm
Acquired in New York, USA, 1966. Private collection. 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.12161-218632.
This splendid vessel, decorated with a design possibly of Elamite origin, probably originates from North-Western Iran, or from southern Caspian area. Hammered sheet vessels were produced in Western Iranian metal workshops since the 3rd millennium B.C. (Moorey, Bunker, Porada, Markoe, 1981, p.82).
