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LOT 1083
Western Asiatic Terracotta Cup with Cuneiform Inscription
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/4 in. (207 grams total, 10.9 cm wide).
Squat in profile with carination to the inner rim, band of cuneiform text to the outer face at the equator. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon collection, acquired on the art market in the 1980s.
From the personal collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1083
Western Asiatic Terracotta Cup with Cuneiform Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
With frieze depicting three scorpions, four fishes and other items in themed groups; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.58 grams, 16 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. -
Western Asiatic Gold Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Including fusiform, tubular, biconvex and other types. 10.51 grams total, 3-23 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s. -
Large Western Asiatic Bichrome Terracotta Painted jar
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Bulbous in profile with low neck, circumferential painted bands, segmented and hatched lozenge motifs. 2.7 kg, 28.5 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1980s. From a UK private collection.
