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LOT 0252
Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/2 in. (43 grams, 14.1 cm high).
Free-standing; modelled with a pinched, bird-like head and face with large applied circular eyes, two ornamental collars, stub arms and splayed foot.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s.
Ex European private collection.
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
With incised braided design forming diamond-shape hatching. 10.9 grams, 29 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection no.055. London collection, 2016. -
Western Asiatic Grey Ware Storage Vessel
Late Bronze Age, 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
With biconvex profile, broad rounded underside and trumpet-shaped mouth. 823 grams, 16.3 cm wide
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. -
Mesopotamian White Stone Cylinder Seal
Circa 3200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
With frieze of animals; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and typed and signed scholarly note issued by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of white marble, 34x21mm. Four vertical rows of three animals each, largely done with the drill. Mesopotamian, c.3200 B.C. Condition fair.' 28 grams, 34 mm
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s. Accompanied by an original typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
