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LOT 0917
Western Asiatic Painted Pottery Chalice
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 5/8 in. (651 grams, 16.8 cm wide).
With broad everted rim, painted with brown and ochre bands of varying width with bosses to centre. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Group of beads of tubular, spherical, biconvex and other types. 20.24 grams total, 2-8 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Jemdet Nasr Amulet of Recumbent Animal
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Carved shell figure of a recumbent beast with row of drilled sockets above the lower edge. 46.6 grams, 67 mm
The Erlenmeyer Collection of Western Asiatic Seals and Antiquities, formed between 1943 and the early 1960s. with Bonhams, London, 22 April 1999, lot 486. Accompanied by a copy of an IADAA Interpol search certificate. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonham's catalogue pages. -
Western Asiatic Pottery Vessel Group
Circa 3rd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising various types, including examples decorated with painted geometric motifs; some chipped. 2.36 kg total, 7.9-14 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.