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LOT 0914
Western Asiatic Vessel with Eyes
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (242 grams, 10 cm wide).
A bulbous ceramic vessel painted with a frieze of 'eye' motifs between parallel bands. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s.
English private collection.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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Western Asiatic Vessel with Eyes
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A bulbous ceramic vessel painted with a frieze of 'eye' motifs between parallel bands. 242 grams, 10 cm wide
Acquired 1990s. English private collection. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Large Western Asiatic Chalcedony Gaming Piece
1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
A conoid calcedony gaming piece. 60 grams, 37 mm
Acquired 1969-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent. -
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Aramaic Lead Amuletic Sheet with Magical Text
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
A roughly rectangular sheet-lead panel with columns of lightly incised Aramaic text of magical subject matter; the sheet originally rolled tightly. 4.34 grams, 41 mm
Acquired 1969-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
The sheet was possibly meant to be a defixio or curse tablet on which the malediction was recorded and then shut away (by being tightly rolled up), so that the victim could not find or negate it.
