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LOT 0967
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Vessel with Figures and Birds
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 1/4 in. (2.4 kg, 26.5 cm).
Broad bulbous body with rounded underside, trumpet-shaped neck with carinated chamfered rim, strap handle, curved spout with supporting strap, decorated as beast-head with applied pellet eyes; circumferential painted ornament including figural and animal panel, bird motif and various coloured bands; repaired.
ProvenanceEx Rabi Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK.
Ex private collection.
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LOT 0967
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Vessel with Figures and Birds
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet, Recording Distribution of Items to Named Individuals
Late 18th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Bearing an administrative text including numbers; roughly pillow-shaped; pierced. 182 grams, 10.8 cm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. 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. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. -
Luristan Bronze Horse Bit Group
11th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising two smaller examples with straight mouth bit and one remaining scrolled loop; two substantial square-section examples with looped terminals. 567 grams total, 17.2-22.5 cm
From a UK private collection, before 1980. -
Western Asiatic Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Figural Combat Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Polished haematite cylinder with incuse frieze depicting a standing profile human figure in flounced kilt and mesh tunic brandishing a dagger towards a rearing ibex, with two smaller ovicaprids at his feet, bird above his shoulder; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 3.28 grams, 21 mm
From a Cotswold, UK, collection, item no.115; as seen and catalogued by the late Professor Wilfrid George Lambert pre 1990.
The late W.G. Lambert was Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham in the period 1970-1993.
