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LOT 1702
Western Asiatic Stone Amuletic Pendant Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 - 1 in. (12.6 grams total, 16-24 mm).
Including plano-convex type with incuse figure and hatching, ovoid type with two profile busts, and others. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 1702
Western Asiatic Stone Amuletic Pendant Collection
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Mesopotamian Decorated Alabaster Bowl
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
With flat rim and four projecting lugs; band of incised concentric rings to the rim and shoulder; curving sidewall to a narrow flat base. 503 grams, 13.2 cm wide
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; by descent to the current owner.
Vessels of this typology were used mainly as mortars for crushing legumes, cereals, fruit, spices, the bare minimum needed for preparing daily food, but also for pharmaceutical products and for painting, for mixing colours and ointments. -
Western Asiatic Black Stone Stamp Seal with Animals
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular in plan with knop handle to the reverse, incuse motif of a running wolf and fleeing ovicaprid; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4 grams, 20 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Ziwiye Blue Faience Lion Protome
Circa 8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Modelled in the round in resting (couchant) pose with forelegs extended and head erect; transverse piercing behind the shoulder and the rear of the body tubular. 605 grams, 13.7 cm
Acquired from Atigh Gallery (UK), 23 February 1984.
