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LOT 1210
Western Asiatic Pottery Vessel with Handle
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 7/8 in. (360 grams, 22.5 cm).
Ovoid body with flat base and narrow neck, a round-section handle to the rear.
ProvenanceFrom an important specialist collection, London, UK, 1990s.
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LOT 1210
Western Asiatic Pottery Vessel with Handle
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Cream Stone Cylinder Seal Figural Scene
Circa 1400-1300 B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
With a frieze depicting a standing figure in a knee-length kilt, one arm extended towards a seated figure with a bent arm and perching bird; supplied with an old collector's record card and a museum-quality impression. 5.82 grams, 27 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by a previous handwritten catalogue note card. -
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet with Legal Text
Circa 2000-1600 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £150
Small rectangular tablet with cuneiform text on all but one side. 31.67 grams, 35 mm
Private collection, 1980s. UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert. Accompanied by an original handwritten slip written by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. -
Western Asiatic Stone Scaraboid and Bird Seal Group
1st millennium B.C.-1st millennium A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a scaraboid in cream stone with hatching on the underside; a black stone seal formed as a stylised bird with its neck resting along the spine, hatched wings and underside; a small black seal pierced through the central ridge, linear motifs on the underside; a pale stone seal with slightly domed upper face, underside with stylised animal(?) motifs. 10.28 grams total, 11-26 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
