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LOT 1162
Western Asiatic Terracotta Chalice
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/8 in. (569 grams, 18.1 cm wide).
With conical base and flared rim, hemispherical bowl with everted rim, decorative horizontal bands to the outer face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a North London, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
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Mixed Ancient Necklace Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £598
Comprising a quantity of lapis lazuli, glass and stone beads, including some larger collared tubular beads and a floral bead. 66 grams total, 2-46 mm
From a bead collection formed in the 1990s. -
Large Western Asiatic Burnished Redware Terracotta Vessel
Early Bronze Age I, 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Bell-shaped in profile with everted rim, band of pellets to the shoulder. 1.7 kg, 31 cm
From an important collection of Near Eastern pottery, pre 1980s. -
Bactrian Lapis Lazuli Pin Head with Figures
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Drum-shaped in profile with running guilloche to the rim, obverse with low-relief figure of a regardant bird with bearded head of a man; reverse with regardant figure of a crouching lion with similar bearded head. 46.5 grams, 40 mm
with Gallery Rosen Ancient Art, Tel Aviv, 1968. with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Accompanied by a copy of the original 1968 invoice. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12408-225343.
