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LOT 0908
Western Asiatic Painted Vessel with Zebu
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 7/8 in. (380 grams, 20 cm high).
A piriform ceramic vessel with short neck and inverted rim, painted with hatched triangles over a frieze of processing zebu bulls with solid circles in the field.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
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Opening Bid: £50
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Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman. -
Cuneiform Tablet Fragment of a Divinatory Treaty Predicting the Peril of the Enemy Army
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
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Western Asiatic Bifacial Carnelian Bead with Hebrew Legend
Circa late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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