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With a wide shallow conical body, black horizontal bands to the outer face. 250 grams, 21.5 cm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Mixed group of beads, including oblate and biconical types. 140 grams total, 7-28 mm



Ex Abelita family collection, 1980-2000.

Rectangular type with intaglio profile beast with its head turned, within an arch; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 7.17 grams, 28 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Comprising a domed base and columnar body with sarcading, flared neck and mouth; angled pipe to the rear with arcading and collars. 166 grmas, 10.6 cm



From a old Oxford, UK, antiquities collection. Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.

Showing a man on a standing bull, grabbing the hair of a captive with his right hand. 84 grams, 51 mm high



Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

The statuette can represent the god storm Hazor, a storm deity with lunar traits. The association between a bull and storm deities is well known on Anatolian sealings from 20th-19th century B.C. The portrayal of a god standing on a bull in conjunction with lunar symbols derived from Old Babylonian cult, where the bull was connected with the Moon as a goddess, and continued in the Near East in association with the god Hazor, identified with El, head of the Canaanite pantheon.

Composed mainly of biconical and lozenge-shaped beads, restrung with a modern clasp. 52 grams, 48 cm



Ex Abelita family collection, 1980-2000.

Comprising a triangular blade with curved edge, lentoid socket, square butt with striking face. 1.38 kg, 20 cm



Acquired in the 1990s. Ex Abelita family collection. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Discoid type with ellipsoid face and incuse fish motif; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.42 grams, 13.87 mm



Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.

Including advancing lion, leaping stags and other types; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 11.9 grams total, 11-19 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Comprising a central sphere with a raised circumferential collar and a collar at each end composed of small spheres. 0.79 grams, 8 mm



From the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards.

Rectangular in plan with square-section shank and articulated loop; rectangular panel with hatched frame and nastaliq inscription; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 7.47 grams, 27 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Modelled in the round with a grimacing expression and small protruding ears, ribbed loop above the head. 16.1 grams, 25 mm



London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.