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LOT 1049
Western Asiatic Terracotta Vessel Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 - 6 7/8 in. (1.36 kg total, 7-17.5 cm).
Comprising a tall jar with broad mouth, textured finish; small footed jar with flared rim; cup with tapering foot; ellipsoid dish with flat underside. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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Sumerian Green Stone Cylinder Seal
Uruk, 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
With incuse frieze of three horizontal lines of stylised seated figures, pierced for suspension. 17.5 grams, 21 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. -
Phoenician Bronze Figure of Astarte
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £61
With hands raised, wearing a floral headdress and standing on a discoid base. 13.8 grams, 54 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Including oblate, biconvex, barrel-shaped and other types. 5.17 grams total, 1-6 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
