Ancient Art and Antiquities Catalogue


Mesopotamia (53 Items)

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Item Code: 09939
Description: A superb Sumero-Elamite biconical stone bead.
Hard stone with reddish / tan veins.
Intact, with beautiful wear and patina.For similar cf Christie's, New York, Antiquities, December 2002, lot 317.
Origin: Circa 3rd-2nd millennium B.C. Western Asia
Dimensions: 33 x 31 mm
Price: AUD $450.00 USD $315.00 EUR €238.50
Status: Available
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Item Code: 09552
Description: A Syrian stone seal engraved with a bird (possibly a duck).
Superb wear on the stone and within the drill hole.
Origin: Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C. Syria
Dimensions: 25 x 22 mm
Price: AUD $125.00 USD $87.50 EUR €66.25
Status: Available
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Item Code: 09539
Description: An alabster amulet in the form of a mythological animal.
Intact, with excellent patina.
Origin: Circa 3rd-2nd millennium B.C. Syria
Dimensions: Height: 25 mm / Length: 23 mm
Price: AUD $200.00 USD $140.00 EUR €106.00
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Item Code: 09540
Description: A blue-glazed faience amulet in the form of the head of a deity.
Intact, with superb patina.
Origin: Circa late 2nd millennium B.C. Syria
Dimensions: 15 x 14 mm
Price: AUD $240.00 USD $168.00 EUR €127.20
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Item Code: 08818
Description: A terracotta head of a nobleman in profile.
Flat-backed form, the facial features with exaggerated, raised cheekbone and the hairstyle suggested by sweeping, parallel striations.
Most probably part of a larger figure which would have been an inlaid architectural decoration.
Surface with pitting and magnesium growth evident; no repair or restoration.
Accompanied by a custom display stand.
cf Parrot, Sumer, plate 50.
Origin: Akkadian period, circa 2340-2150 B.C. Mesopotamia
Dimensions: 16.5 x 12.7 cm
Price: AUD $5,950.00 USD $4,165.00 EUR €3,153.50
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Item Code: 08817
Description: A Sumerian hollow terracotta head of a deity.
A powerful, severe countenance.
Intact.
Accompanied by a custom display stand.
Origin: Circa 2300-2200 B.C. Mesopotamia
Dimensions: Height: 18.0 cm / Diameter: 12.0 cm
Price: AUD $7,900.00 USD $5,530.00 EUR €4,187.00
Status: Available
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Item Code: 08619
Description: Two silver child's bracelets, the terminals in the form of ram's heads.
One example rejoined below one of the terminals.
Origin: Circa early 1st millennium B.C. Near East
Dimensions: Diameter of each: 55 mm
Price: AUD $360.00 USD $252.00 EUR €190.80
Status: Available
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Item Code: 07868
Description: A Parthian clay plaque showing two reclining banqueters.
Remant red and black pigments.
Intact.
Origin: Parthian empire, circa 2nd century B.C. to 2nd century A.D. Syria
Dimensions: Length: 180 mm / Height: 110 mm
Price: AUD $440.00 USD $308.00 EUR €233.20
Status: Available
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Item Code: 02122
Description: A very fine Mesopotamian chalcedony frog amulet.
Perforated laterally for suspension.
Origin: Circa 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.
Dimensions: Length: 2.5 cm / Height: 1.5 cm
Price: AUD $400.00 USD $280.00 EUR €212.00
Status: Available
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Item Code: 02876
Description: A Post-Akkadian aragonite (fossilized shell) cylinder seal; engraved with a presentation scene depicting a worshipper being led by a goddess before a deified king in a fringed robe; the leading goddess is typically portrayed in a striped garment with a double border; the meanings of the two symbols in the field are obscure.
Surface worn.
Origin: Ur III period, 2192-2004 B.C. Mesopotamia.
Dimensions: Height: 3 cm
Price: AUD $490.00 USD $343.00 EUR €259.70
Status: Available

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