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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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Amlash Terracotta Flagon
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Globular in form with flared cylindrical neck and integral handle with triangular projection; applied pellets either side, likely a zoomorphic representation, with incised vertical bands to the neck. 735 grams, 24.5 cm high
Ex Rabi Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK. Ex private collection. -
Large Syro-Hittite Terracotta Idol Head
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Modelled in the round with prominent discoid eyes, diadem to the top and rear of the head with lateral sockets (perhaps for temple-rings?); mounted on a custom-made display stand. 617 grams total, 15 cm high including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic and Other Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a large quantity of beads in various shapes and sizes in glass, stone, coral and lapis lazuli, including some large feature beads. 186 grams total, 2-23 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
