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LOT 0251
Western Asiatic Terracotta Tripod Vessel with Elephants
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 1/4 in. (2.9 kg, 31 cm wide).
With gently rounded and tapering sidewall to the shallow bowl, three integral tapering legs formed as stylised elephant-heads each with a long trunk and simple facial detailing; the flared ends of the trunks forming splayed feet.
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N123k2 from Oxford Authentication.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0251
Western Asiatic Terracotta Tripod Vessel with Elephants
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Composed of cornerless cube-shaped beads; restrung. 104 grams, 47 cm
From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed of mainly oblate ceramic beads with two conical beads, including unglazed terracotta beads; restrung to a Y-shape with a green-glazed tabular pendant bead. 32.3 grams, 32 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet Listing Goods Including 10 Shekels of Silver
Akkadian Period, circa 2300-2200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with one segmented surface; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Clay tablet, 53x57 mm, with 16 Lines of Sumerian Cuneiform. There are two columns of writing on the obverse only, the second not quite complete. The script dates the tablet to the Akkadian period, c.2300-2200 B.C. There is a chip off the lower edge, but all the writing is in perfect state of preservation. The text is a scholarly list of words and phrases such as scribed writing ur legal and commercial documents might use. Not everything has been understood so far, but some things are perfectly clear: A pot of lard; Bronze; x* of a mina of copper * apparently a fraction; Female kid; Male kid; Its silver 10 shekels; Bed of oak? Scholarly tablets of this kind are extremely rare for the Old Akkadian period. They are part of the scholarly list tradition which is a prominent feature of this civilization.' 68 grams, 58 mm
Ex private collection of Mr S H; thence by descent,1980-1990. 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. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
