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Zother — Antiquities - Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.
Auction House:
| Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd. | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 42 |
| Lots with images: | 42 |
| Prices available: | 42 |
Category:
Zother
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | An Attic red-figure fish plate, circa Fourth century B.C. depicting a sea bream, a mottled fish, and a slim striped fish, (losses to the rim), 18.8 cm diameter Provenance: acquired from the Amati collection in the mid-1970s | *** |  |
| *** | Two Sumerian clay Foundation Cones, circa 2000 B.C. Each conical in form, incised with cuneiform script. 14 cm and 14.5 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A deer form effigy vessel, Colima, Mexico (200-600AD), in the form of a deer laying on the ground, this unusual piece clearly has deer horns but the face of a dog, the body incised with concentric diamond shapes, 17 cm high. Provenance: Purchased Irving… | *** |  |
| *** | A dog form effigy Vessell, Colima, Mexico (200-600AD), Depicted in curled recumbent position with head resting on paws, spout on the back, 12 cm high. Provenance: Purchased Irving sculpture gallery, Sydney, 1983, Literature, illustrated, Art and Australia… | *** |  |
| *** | A pre Columbian Colima dog, 200 B.C-200 A.D, West Mexico modelled in a sitting position, with a single spout above the head, painted dark terracotta, 25.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An ancient Etruscan terracotta relief fragment, modelled in high relief with a kneeling boy holding a floral and fruiting laurel swag, height 29 cm, width 39 cm, depth 10 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two Amharic manuscript scrolls, Ethiopia, the larger perspex case measuring 28 cm wide, 7.8 cm deep, 44.5 cm high including brass fixtures (2). Other Notes: Ethiopian healing scrolls were used to eliminate illness by purging evil spirits and demons from a… | *** |  |
| *** | A pre Columbian pottery figure of a Capuli Coquero, 800-1500 A.D, Peru. modelled as a seated man chewing coca nut, wearing a traditional hat and wrap, 28 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An ancient Etruscan terracotta foot, circa 300 BC, naturalistically modelled, length 27 cm, condition: slight wear and minor frits to left hand edge of underside, old sticker adhesive mark to top of foot, old wear and frits to tops of toes, otherwise wear… | *** |  |
| *** | A rare and finely cast Bactrian bronze Rhyton with an antelope Protome, circa 2nd millenium B.C. Presented on a custom made perspex display mount. 4.5 cm high, 13 cm long, 6.5 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | An Iranian bronze dish, circa Thirteenth century A.D., the central tondo incised with a winged sphinx, (minor losses to rim), 17 cm diameter Provenance: ex Graham Geddes collection; ex private collection 1996 | *** |  |
| *** | A South Arabian alabaster incense burner, circa 1st century B.C. To 1st century A.D, of circular form with a ribbed exterior, resting on three legs, 7 cm high, 8.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Ex Colonel H.F. Jacob collected in situ, Ex Charles Ede, London | *** |  |
| *** | A middle Eastern glass ewer, circa 1st to 4th century A.D. The ancient translucent iridescent glass pot with loop handle and curved spout. 12 cm high, 19 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | Four pre-Columbian ceramic sculptures, circa 300-900 AD, including a seated Jalisco figure, a moche / Lambayeque transitional vessel in the form of a kneeling monkey, a standing Colima sculpture of a female and a seated male Colima figure with classic… | *** |  |
| *** | Four Indus Valley pottery sculptures, circa 3300 - c. 1700 BC, a Mehrgarh culture 'Zhob', or goddess of fertility, two Mehrgarh figures including the busts of a male and female deity and a seated figure of a mother cradling an infant, 5-11 cm (4).… | *** |  |
| *** | A Bactrian bronze Kohl bottle, circa 2nd/1st millennium B.C. The freestanding bottle cast naturalistically in bird form. 6.9 cm high, 7.5 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A pre Columbian Cayman anthropomorphic earthenware figural vessel, 100-200 A. D, Peru modelled as a man with the head of an alligator, beneath a looped handled and a single spout, 22 cm wideProvenance: bill Grafen collection, 1970s. | *** |  |
| *** | A pre Columbian pottery Blackware vessel, 300 B.C-300 A.D, West Mexico the bulbous almond shaped body with relief decoration to each end depicting a mask within a radiating halo with single spout above, with a modern timber stand 24 cm highProvenance:… | *** |  |
| *** | An early Islamic sgraffito decorated earthenware bowl, circa 10th to 11th century, the conical bowl with a cream glaze to the interior, decorated with abstracted sgraffito work, 6 cm high, 18.5 cm diameter. | *** |  |
| *** | A Phoenician terracotta plate, circa 5th-4th century B.C, the shallow bowl, heavily encrusted with sea barnacles. Found off the coast of Lebanon. 10 cm high, 32 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A pre Columbian pottery stirrup vessel, 300-400 A.D, Peru modelled as a figure seated cross legged, with his hands behind his back, beneath a single loop handle and a spout, 19 cm high Provenance: bill Grafen collection, 1970s. | *** |  |
| *** | A pre Columbian anthropomorphic pottery vessel, 300 B.C - 300 A.D, Northern Peru spherical, with relief decoration depicting an anthropomorphic figure with radiating chevrons, beneath a single spout, painted black, 22 cm highProvenance: bill Grafen… | *** |  |
| *** | An Iranian globular jar, circa Thirteenth century A.D., with incised lily blossoms and floral clover motifs around the lip, above a floral pattern on the body and a petal frieze around the foot, (minor pitting and wear, some losses to the rim), 7 cm high… | *** |  |
| *** | A pre Columbian pottery stirrup vessel, 300-400 A.D, Peru modelled as a kneeling warrior with a spear, beneath a single loop handle and a spout, 20 cm highProvenance: bill Grafen collection, 1970s | *** |  |
| *** | Three Indus valley clay figures of Zebu bulls, Northern India, circa 3000 B.C. The earthenware figures depicted standing, with large humps at the back of the neck. The largest 6 cm high, 9.5 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Sumerian clay Tablets, Mesopotamia, circa 2100- 1900 B.C. Each with cuneiform inscription on one side. 4 cm x 3.5 cm x 1.3 cm & 4.5 cm x 5 cm x 2.5 cm (both irregular). Provenance: Mary Martin Bookshop, Adelaide. Robin Marshal Carter collection,… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of old Babylonian clay Tablets, Mesopotamia, circa 1850- 1650 B.C. Each with cuneiform inscription to both sides, one tablet in fragments, 4.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 1.5 cm & 4 cm x 4 cm x 1.5 cm (both irregular). Provenance: Mary Martin Bookshop, Adelaide.… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Sumerian clay Tablets, Mesopotamia, circa 2100-1900 B.C, each if petit dimensions, with cuneiform inscription on one side. 3.2 cm x 2.7 cm & 4.5 cm x 3.4 cm. Provenance: Ex Mary Martin Bookshop Adelaide, Ex Robin Marshal Carter collection… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of ancient Babylonian clay Tablets, Mesopotamia, circa 1850-1650 BC, of petit dimensions, with cuneiform inscription on two sides. 3.5 cm x 3.3 cm & 3.5 cm x 3.2 cm. Provenance: Ex Mary Martin Bookshop Adelaide. Ex Robin Marshal Carter collection… | *** |  |
| *** | Four north Indian Sunga to Kushan period pottery sculptures, circa 2nd-1st century BC, in the form of female deities, 7-12 cm (4). Provenance: from a private Australian collection | *** |  |
| *** | A Mayan pottery incense burner, late classic period, 650-900 AD, 19.5 x 22 cm; | *** |  |
| *** | Three Indo-Iranian Pottery bowls, Baluchistan, circa 3000 BC, comprising three flared bowls, one with remnant painted decoration. The largest 10 cm high, 15.5 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | Three Indus Valley pottery sculptures, circa 3300 - c. 1700 BC, the form of two Mohenjodaro period Zebu bulls and an articulated Shunga period figure of a bird, decorated with remnant mineral earth pigments, 10-13 cm (3). Provenance: from a private… | *** |  |
| *** | An Anatolian terracotta vessel, Hittite period 1750-1100 B.C. anthropomorphic with rounded base, 7.7 cm high Provenance: ex Graham Geddes collection; Sotheby& London, 13 May 1980, Lot 241; ex Mrs. N.E. Elliot-Smith collection | *** |  |
| *** | Three Indus valley terracotta vessels, Mehrgarh culture, circa 3300-3000 B.C. Of various forms, with linear designs in brown pigment. The largest 6 cm high, 10 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | Three Antiquities from the Middle East, circa 3000 - 332 BC, including a Sumerian pottery sculpture of a bird, an Egyptian Dynasty XXVI, faience amulet in the form of a papyrus reed and a white late period Egyptian faience Shabti, 5-9 cm (3). Provenance:… | *** |  |
| *** | A terracotta female bust, circa Fourth century B.C. wearing a pointed headdress, wreath, and disk-shaped earrings, 8.9 cm high Provenance: ex Graham Geddes collection | *** |  |
| *** | Three Pre-Columbian terracotta figures, comprising a human figure on stand, a frog figure and another, height of tallest 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A small Syrian jar, 2nd Millennium B.C single handle on pad base, (chip and repair to rim),9 cm high. Provenance: Purchased from the Antiquities & Ethnographica Society, with certificate of authenticity | *** |  |
| *** | A pre Columbian double spout pottery vessel, 14th century, Peru of mushroom shape, with twin spouts connected by an arched bridge, 17.5 cm highProvenance: bill Grafen collection, 1970s. | *** |  |
| *** | A pre Columbian Moche stirrup vessel,500-700 A.D, Northern Peru the bulbous body with relief decoration depicting an anthropomorphic figure fighting a crab, with a single loop handle and a single spout, 22.5 cm highProvenance: bill Grafen collection, 1970s | *** |  |
| *** | A Mexican clay head of Tlaloc, Nayarit, circa 500 B.C the Aztec rain god raised on a painted rod and mounted on a timber base with an incised plaque to the front, the head 9.5 cm high | *** |  |