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LOT 1923
Western Asiatic Stone Amulet Collection
CIRCA 3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/4 - 7/8 in. (8.1 grams total, 8-23 mm).
Including a large zoomorphic amulet fragment, a pillar-shaped amulet, a stylised squatting humanoid figure pendant, and others. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Leonard, A., Williams, B.B., Essays in Ancient Civilization presented to Helene J.Kantor, Chicago, 1989, for a similar toggle-weight in terracotta, pl.4, lett.g.
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LOT 1923
Western Asiatic Stone Amulet Collection
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Holy Land Terracotta Jar
Bronze Age, circa 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Globular body with a tubular neck. 334 grams, 11.7 cm high
Ex property of a London gentleman; acquired before 2000. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip. -
Western Asiatic Engraved Carnelian Calligraphic Intaglio
Late 19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
An oval intaglio with a two-line inscription. 1.54 grams, 17 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Private collection, London. -
Sumerian Terracotta Frog
Uruk period, circa 3000 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Comprising a large discoid base with a stylised frog with its head raised and back legs extended towards the rim. 123 grams, 87 mm wide
Mayfair gallery, early 1990s. Ex North American gentleman collection.
