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LOT 1617
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Vessel Collection
CIRCA 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 7/8 - 4 1/4 in. (617 grams total, 9.8-10.7 cm).
Comprising: low jar with painted bands to the sidewall; jar with carinated profile, painted roundels; jar with flared vertical sidewall, painted maze pattern. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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LOT 1617
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Vessel Collection
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Holy Land Terracotta Dipper Cup
Bronze Age, circa 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Biconvex in profile with slightly everted piched rim, loop handle. 112 grams, 89 mm wide
Ex property of a London gentleman; acquired before 2000. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic and Other Pale Blue Stone and Glass Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed mainly of small annular and oblate beads with a lozenge-shaped pendant bead and a small shell suspended from underneath, restrung. 8.52 grams, 36.5 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Mesopotamian Alabaster Double Kohl Jar
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Composed of two connected cylindrical containers with a rounded base and a flattened rim, the outer face of each container featuring an intricately carved stylised animal with long horns, beneath the rim, an incised band of herringbone design encircling the neck; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 137 grams, 71 mm (192 grams total, 85 mm high including stand)
From a London, UK, family collection, thence by descent, before 1988.
