ID 888459
Lot 7 | AN ASSYRIAN GYPSUM RELIEF FRAGMENT
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
REIGN OF SENNACHERIB, CIRCA 705-681 B.C.
22 in. (55.8 cm.) long
Provenance
From Room LXX at the Southwest Palace, Nineveh.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1970, lot 20.
Strohl, acquired from the above (according to auctioneer's book).
with Baron Frederic (Freddy) Roland (1919-2001), New York.
Dr. Vallo Benjamin (1934-2021), New York, acquired from the above, 1981; thence by descent to the current owner.
Literature
"Dr. Vallo Benjamin, M.D., P.C. - Profile," Nineveh, vol. 18, nos. 1-2, 1995, p. 6, ill. cover.
R.D. Barnett, E. Bleibtreu and G. Turner, Sculptures from the Southwest Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh, London, 1998, vol. I, p. 132, no. 650c; vol. II, pl. 469.
| Medium: | Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Middle East, Mesopotamia, Ancient Near Eastern, Asia, Assyrian Empire |
| Category: | Frieze |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Middle East, Mesopotamia, Ancient Near Eastern, Asia, Assyrian Empire |
| Category: | Frieze |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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