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LOT 1342
Western Asiatic Terracotta Rooster Vessel with Loop Handle
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 7/8 in. (374 grams, 15 cm).
Hollow-formed aviform vessel with ribbed loop handle to the centre, vent below the dentilled collar.
ProvenanceUK collection, 1990s.
Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000.
Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman.
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LOT 1342
Western Asiatic Terracotta Rooster Vessel with Loop Handle
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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Sumerian Limestone Plaque with Lion
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £325
Fragment from a plaque or large bowl with high-relief head and foreparts of a lion with broad piriform face and sunken eyes; rounded rim above. 246 grams, 96 mm
Ex Mr J.K. Maryland, USA. Private collection. Acquired in 1999. -
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Western Asiatic Glass and Silver Bead Necklace
1st millennium A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
Restrung, composed of brown oblate Indian glass beads with silver melon beads between; garnet and blue glass spool-shaped bead finials. 94 grams, 57.5 cm
Previously acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s. Ex property of a London, UK, gentleman. Ex property of a Californian, USA, collector. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Ram-Shaped Kohl Vessel
Circa 1500 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Modelled as a stylised ram with stocky body and short legs, exaggerated head with curving horns and large ears, tubular mouth with remains of the applicator closing the opening. 425 grams, 11.4 cm
Private collection Dr Rudolf and Leonora Blum, Zumikon, Switzerland. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
