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LOT 0235
Western Asiatic Stone Bowl with Locusts
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/2 in. (890 grams, 14 cm wide).
Hemispherical mortar with rounded rim and underside, reserved locust motifs carved in high-relief beneath the rim. [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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late Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal with Contest Scene
1000-800 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With incuse frieze depicting a winged male figure wearing a tall headdress and holding a khopesh hooked sword, one foot placed on the corpse of a goat or ram, grappling with a rearing bull-headed winged beast and gripping its raised foreleg; behind, a second winged male figure with a sceptre and raised club to strike the bull-headed beast from behind; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 32.6 grams, 40 mm
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Gold Zoomorphic Bead
Circa 1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Formed as a standing dog with collar to the neck, pierced longitudinally for mounting on a necklace. 2.85 grams, 14 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Bronze Artefact Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £98
Including a circular strap-distributor, cicada brooch, penannular bracelet and other items. 177 grams total, 1.7-10.1 cm
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.
