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LOT 1427
Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol Head
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 5/8 in. (17.7 grams, 42 mm).
Tongue-shaped panel with integrally-moulded facing female bust, hair in radiating braids, transverse headband, lateral plaits, exaggerated lentoid eyes; plain to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
Accompanied by the original collector's data sheet(s) with reference no.A82.
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LOT 1427
Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol Head
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
4th-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Comprising: frieze with three robed figures flanking a hatched column; two ibexes contending with looped necks, standing bird behind; deeply cut linear image of rearing ibexes; shallow-cut image of a hero with raised arm fending off a winged gryphon, star in the field; frieze with facing hero wrestling two rearing beasts; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 28.7 grams total, 18-32 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Old Babylonian Cuneiform School Exercise Tablet with Administrative Text
Circa 2000-1600 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Tablet fragment with a domed underside, the upper face with lines of impressed text. 90.9 grams, 74 mm
Private collection, 1980s. UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert. Accompanied by an original handwritten slip written by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. -
Islamic Glass Calligraphic Vessel with Inscriptions
13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Conical in profile with carinated collar above the waisted foot; iridescent surface; applied band of calligraphic Kufic text within borders; single applied narrow loop handle. 92.3 grams, 93 mm
Acquired on the UK art market, 1990s. Private collection, New York, USA. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13375-255455.
Often, the inscriptions on the glass Islamic artworks are in pseudo-Kufic letters, mostly with elements notched or hatched with shallow cuts. Some letters have foliate terminations.
