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LOT 1696
Ziwiye Blue Faience Lion Protome
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/8 in. (605 grams, 13.7 cm).
Modelled in the round in resting (couchant) pose with forelegs extended and head erect; transverse piercing behind the shoulder and the rear of the body tubular.
ProvenanceAcquired from Atigh Gallery (UK), 23 February 1984.
LiteratureCf. Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby’s, New York, 12-13 December 1991, no.29.
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LOT 1696
Ziwiye Blue Faience Lion Protome
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£600 (EUR 696; USD 810) +BP*
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Achaemenid Iron Spout in the Form of a Lion's Head
5th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £130
Protome in the shape of a lion's head with deep, triangular eye sockets, the wreath-shaped mane transitioning into a rounded socket with a drilled hole on each side of the neck; mounted on a custom-made stand. 81 grams total, head: 36 mm wide, 10 cm including stand
Private collection, Switzerland, prior 1983; thence by descent.
The drill hole through the gaping mouth suggests that the head may have served as a spout. -
Western Asiatic and Other Mixed Stone Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Glass Stamp Seal Collection
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
