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LOT 1624
Western Asiatic Terracotta Jug
EARLY BRONZE AGE, 3200-2500 B.C.
4 in. (192 grams, 10 cm wide).
Bulbous body with flattened base and tubular neck, strap handle with piecrust decoration. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Ancient Art, London, UK.
From the collection of a Nottingham, UK, collector, established from the early 2000s.
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Western Asiatic Gold and Other Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Restrung designer necklace of three strands connected by a median vertical column; comprising mainly gold tubular beads with ribbing to the outer face, polyhedral carnelian beads, irregular green glass beads, square-section lapis lazuli beads and other types; the lower node a larger polyhedral lapis lazuli bead with a loop of barrel-shaped gold beads and other types. 78 grams, 57 cm
Acquired in the 1980s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Carnelian Cylinder Seal with Winged God Lamassu
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Intaglio figure of a winged lamassu facing in advancing pose with pellet clusters beneath the hooves; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.71 grams, 13.52 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Comprising: four columns of cuneiform text; scene with a bowman among trees; nude female facing with hands pressed to her chest; row of fleeing ibexes; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 34.4 grams total, 18.1-34.1 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
