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LOT 1453
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 3/8 in. (5.95 grams total, 2-9 mm).
A mixed group of small beads and pendants, some with granulation. [36]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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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Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash
Circa 2100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Conical with a domed top, ten-line inscription of Gudea of Lagash, giving a record of the building of Eninnu, the temple of Ningirsu: 'For Ningirsu, might warrior of Enlil, Gudea, ruler of Lagash, produced everything appropriate and built for him Eninnu, this shining Imdugud bird, and restored it.'. 192 grams, 11 cm
From an important collection formed before 1988. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. 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. -
Western Asiatic Bone Demon Plaque
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Carved in the half-round, tongue-shaped with drilled eyes, convex lips and gatched beard; transverse hole at the brow for suspension; with old dealer's ticket; possibly an amulet to avert bad luck. 2.72 grams, 28 mm
Acquired 1979-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent. 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. -
Large Elamite Bronze Standing Statuette
Late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,240
Columnar in form with rounded facial features, bisected headdress, incised saltire to the upper body and belt to the waist, arms bent and raised with flat hands; tang at base. 315 grams, 16 cm
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12534-231951. 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.
