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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)
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Jemdet Nasr Type Cylinder Seal with Animals
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Squat drum-shaped seal with panel of linear geometric ornament, frieze of two stylised ibexes. 22.7 grams, 26.8 mm
Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal with Beast
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular in plan with a handle carved to represent a beast standing in repose; underside with lightly-incised combat scene; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 7.37 grams, 23 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Large Anatolian Steatite Seal with Carved Bird
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
Plano-convex in profile with a lightly inscribed antique legend to domed face (including Arabic name and numeral '1298'); underside with reserved figure of a bird with wings spread. 28.7 grams, 36.5 mm
With Artemis Gallery, Munich, 1980s. Acquired from Artemis Gallery, November 1992. European private collection.
