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LOT 1341
Western Asiatic Terracotta Plaque with King and Beast
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (3 grams, 18 mm).
Plano-convex in profile with stamped image of a seated figure with tall headdress and one arm raised holding the foreleg of a rampant ibex; Sumerian (?) text to the border.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Mr S.M., London, UK, formed from 1979-1999.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Dish
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Hemispherical in section with rolled rim. 58 grams, 80 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
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Proto-Sumerian Pictographic Tablet
Uruk III, circa 3200-3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
Tongue-shaped plaque, lentoid in section with segmented layout to each face, impressed pellets and geometric figures; supplied with a display stand. 155 grams, 10.3 cm (251 grams total, 11.2 cm high including stand)
From an important collection formed before 1988. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s. Ex J.L. collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12418-226307. -
Western Asiatic Painted Buff Ware Jug
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising globular body, waisted neck and flared rim, bifid loop handle with pellet above, bands of black scrolled vegetation. 326 grams, 11.5 cm
Formerly with a Mayfair gallery in the 1980s. Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
