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LOT 0951
Western Asiatic Painted Pottery Jar
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 5/8 in. (2.3 kg, 27 cm wide).
With rounded underside, carinated profile, broad mouth, incised step below the rim and painted circumferential bands to the shoulder. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Western Asiatic Stone Butterfly Bead Necklace String
4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Restrung designer group of butterfly-shaped steatite beads with a feature pendant with two oval and one oblate bead. 25.6 grams, 54 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Hunting Scene
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
With frieze depicting a figure in ankle-length robe drawing a bow towards fleeing winged animals, serpents below; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.11 grams, 17.83 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Frit Cylinder Seal with Hunting Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With incised design of a standing figure in fringed garment drawing his bow against an antelope, fronds in the field. 11 grams, 37 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.072. London collection, 2016.
