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LOT 1378
Western Asiatic Stone Amuletic Seal
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (5.95 grams, 18 mm).
Scaraboid with a domed upper face, underside with an advancing bull on a baseline, inscription below.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Fine condition, chipped.
Ex property of a North London gentleman; formerly in a West German collection, Cologne. -
Large Western Asiatic Pottery Jar
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Comprising a broad body with slightly flared rim and rounded body tapering to a narrow base; painted multilinear band below the rim with scoops above; repaired. 5 kg, 33.5 cm
with Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK, 1974. Private collection, London, UK. -
Sumerian Stone Statue Fragment
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Carved in the round figure of a lion crouching on its haunches, with neck arched and forepaws resting on the spine (upper edge) of an animal placed perpendicular to the lion's head biting into its flesh; the D-shaped face with teardrop-shaped sockets for the eyes, button nose, small triangular ears; the prey with legs folded beneath the body, head turned along the lion's mane and left shoulder, with small protrusive horn and ear, oval socket for the eye; integral base with rounded lateral edges, fracture at each end. 340 grams, 85 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
