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LOT 1168
Achaemenid Turquoise Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
13 in. (11.4 grams, 33 cm).
A designer necklace composed of various beads and restrung to a Y-shape, central feature comprising a large melon and an annular bead. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
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.
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Elamite Bronze Head Mount
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A vessel mount formed as humanoid face with long raised nose, oval eyes and animal ears(?). 225 grams, 73 mm
Fine condition. Rare.
Ex property of a North London lady; gifted from her father's collection; formerly with a Mayfair gallery, London, UK; previously acquired in the 1980s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. 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. -
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Western Asiatic Bronze Bowl with Dancing Figures
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
Hemispherical in profile with stepped inner rim above a repoussé frieze of horned monsters each wearing a kilt and linking hands with his neighbours; below, a bilinear band enclosing a bull-headed figure sitting with legs crossed on a rectangular mat(?). 121 grams, 15.2 cm wide
German private collection, 1990s. with Bonhams, London, 3 October 2000, no.338. Private collection, Europe. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12879-241694. 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. -
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Fertility Figure
1500-900 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Standing female deity (Astarte?), wearing a long robe and a broad textured necklace; arms bent and hands placed on the chest; beaked facial features with applied eyes. 78 grams, 14 cm
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman 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.
