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LOT 1256
Western Asiatic Schist Votive Offering Table
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/2 in. (669 grams, 16.7 cm wide).
Discoid in plan with basal ring and shallow dished face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Western Asiatic Glass Bottle with Blue Trail
9th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Aqua glass with applied dark blue glass trail to foot and neck, everted rim. 27.2 grams, 93 mm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Large Western Asiatic Bronze Animal-Headed Cloak Pin
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With barrel-shaped upper and tapering body, modelled with coil detailing around the upper body, tiered rings above and finial of an ibex's head with horns returned to form a collar; mounted on a custom-made stand. 347 grams total, 25.5 cm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
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Old Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal for (the god) Ea and (the goddess) Dangalnuna
Circa 1894-1595 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £540
With large central hole, incised frieze of a standing nude hero facing and a figure in tiered floor-length garment, two columns of cuneiform text to the rear. 9.18 grams, 28 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.033. London collection, 2016.
