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LOT 0241
Amlash Bronze Figure with Child
8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (5 1/8 in.) (47 grams, 99 mm (90 grams total, 13 cm including stand)).
Formed as a standing figure cradling an infant; stylised facial and anatomical detailing; openwork cage structure and remains of suspension loop to reverse; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.
Provenancewith Dr Amnon Rosenfeld, Jerusalem, Israel.
European private collection, acquired in 2015.
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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LOT 0241
Amlash Bronze Figure with Child
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Composed of graduated mixed beads with a large spherical bead as a central feature; restrung. 24.76 grams, 43 cm
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Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With plain globular body and circular short shaft. 310 grams, 83 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990-2000s. 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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3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Ex London, UK, collection, 1990-2000. 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.