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LOT 0836
Western Asiatic Pottery Vessel Group
CIRCA 3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 - 6 3/4 in. (2 kg total, 7.3 - 17 cm).
Comprising various types, including examples decorated with painted geometric motifs; two chipped. [9]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Luristan Copper Flat Axehead
13th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed with a rounded butt and flared cutting edge; flat in cross-section. 151 grams, 17.3 cm
UK private collection formed before 2000. Ex North London, UK, gallery. -
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
With frieze depicting a a seated figure holding a vessel in one extended hand, a star, a leaping dog, a nude female facing, two advancing attendants; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.57 grams, 10 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. 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. -
Western Asiatic Shell Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
With shallow-carved frieze of advancing spearmen above running horses; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 14.4 grams, 26 mm
From a Cotswold, UK, collection, item no.219; as seen and catalogued by the late Professor Wilfrid George Lambert pre 1990.
W.G. Lambert, is the late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
