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LOT 0282
Western Asiatic Terracotta Bowl with Painted Birds
4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/4 in. (298 grams, 16 cm wide).
With a rounded underside and flared rim; painted asterisk to centre, hatched chevrons to mouth with profile birds in the voids; early Iranian workmanship.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
London, UK, collection.
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LOT 0282
Western Asiatic Terracotta Bowl with Painted Birds
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal with Engraved Design
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Bell-shaped body with a ribbed suspension loop above, underside with a winged beast with a crescent above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.77 grams, 24 mm
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Pale Agate and Gold Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
Restrung group of graduated diamond-shaped beads. 42.9 grams, 50 cm
From a London gentleman's collection, 1995. -
Western Asiatic and Other Bronze Artefact Group
Circa 1st millennium A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: the body of a bow brooch, a kite-shaped mount with a fish, a beast-head mount or finial, a late Roman military belt strap end of 'amphora' type; a stamp seal with an ibex, and others. 76 grams total, 16-52 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Amphora strap ends were common in the late Roman army and have been found in great numbers in Roman Britain. They are so-called because their shape resembles an amphora with handles on either side. In reality, they might represent phallic symbols, in keeping with the widespread use of such imagery in the Roman military.
