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LOT 1274
Western Asiatic Terracotta Boar Figure
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 in. (66 grams, 72 mm).
Modelled in the round, boar on a rectangular base with exaggerated crest and pellet eyes.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
London, UK, collection.
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.
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LOT 1274
Western Asiatic Terracotta Boar Figure
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Bronze Spearhead
1200-1100 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With ovate blade, central rib and curved shoulders, the lozenge-section long shaft tapering towards the end, rectangular tang with bent tip. 267 grams, 34.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. 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.
The spearhead represents a slender variant of type 1 of Khorasani classification. The type 1 was characterised by the bent tang. It was the evolution of a typology which began much earlier in Mesopotamia and the fertile crescent, the type 4 of the Stronach classification, with straight tang and square section, usually thickened at the base with a button tang. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £425
Comprising beads of various shapes and sizes, including some granulated examples. 9.82 grams total, 7-13 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s. Accompanied by a previous typed cataloguing card. 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. -
Urartian Black Stone Four-Sided Stamp Seal
Circa 8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
A cuboid seal with longitudinal piercing, each side with a different motif: a roaring lion(?), a foot imprint, a crouching lion, and a hand with snake to the side; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 17.9 grams, 26 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. Accompanied by a copy of a report from Peter Gert Van der Veen, senior lecturer of Levantine Archaeology Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. 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.
