Sale 1054
Paris
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16 - 17 February 2011
Price realised
EUR 1,500
Estimate
AMULETTE PENDENTIF EN CALCITE BEIGE TELL HALAF, MILIEU DU IVEME MILLENAIRE AVANT J.C. Sculptée en ronde bosse en forme de singe assis mangeant dans un vase; amulette en schiste vert représentant un oiseau stylisé, Mésopotamie, IIIème millénaire av. J.C.; amulette en aragonite blanche sculpté d'un taureau couché, milieu du IIIème millénaire av. J.C.: et quatre poids zoomorphes en pierre en forme de canard troussé, Mésopotamie, art assyrien, IX-VIIIème siècle av. J.C. Longueur max.: 2,6 cm. (1 in.) (8)
Provenance
Collection Mariaud de Serres, France, acquis avant 1990
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Post Lot Text
HEIGHT MESOPOTAMIAN STONE AMULETS AND WEIGHTS, INCLUDING A CALCITE AMULET IN THE SHAPE OF A SEATED MONKEY, CIRCA 3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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