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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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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
With carved frieze showing fighting scenes with a hero and animals; shell or polished stone. 13.9 grams, 27 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection no.06. London collection, 2016. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £111
Mainly pottery and some glass, annular, tubular, fusiform and other types. 43.6 grams total, 2-20 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Artefact Group
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed of bone, stone and ceramic objects: a fragmentary alabastron; a lion head stamp; a possible amulet of axehead form showing carved detailing; bone implement; the lower half of a carved bone figure, and other items. 449 grams total, 3.9-12.5 cm
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private collection since 1998.
