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LOT 1239
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/8 in. (452 grams, 87 mm).
Piriform with vertical socket expanding towards the narrower end.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990-2000s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXX, no.89, from Megiddo, for similar.
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Cylindrical in plan and bullet-shaped in profile, sidewall decorated in dark brown with dense hatched filet below the rim and broad band of D-shaped voids and other detailing. 14.85 kg, 62 cm high
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Luristan Bronze Bowl
Circa 1000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Of a rounded profile with rounded base, circumferential groove beneath the rim. 365 grams, 15.7 cm
Ex London, UK, collections, 1990s-2000s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
In the Ancient East this was a form of vessel very common at every period. Such bronze dishes with a lip were, however, extremely rare. The specimens kept in Brussels and Berlin Museums, without lips, were also found in Luristan, but are of Mesopotamian manufacture. -
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1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Barrel-shaped in profile with carination to the foot and a reserved collar below the rim, bands of pecked decoration. 658 grams, 92 mm wide
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