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LOT 1534
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Vessel Group
CIRCA 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/4 - 4 in. (523 grams total, 9.5-10.3 cm).
Comprising: a squat jar with painted rings to the shoulder; squat cup with everted rim, carinated profile, painted scales; jar with deep shoulder. [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 1534
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Vessel Group
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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Bronze Age, circa 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With a D-shaped lower end and a coiled loop at the end of the handle. 100 grams, 25 cm
Ex property of a Cambridge gentleman, acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip. -
Anatolian 'Stargazer' Idol Head
4th-3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £230
A triangular head with rounded edges, low-relief linear nose and left ear; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 116 grams total, 96 mm including stand
Ex Hirsch Auction, Munich, 22 September 2004, no.1222. -
Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Thick fragment with a section of impressed cuneiform text on the obverse. 77.3 grams, 66 mm
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
