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LOT 0877
Amlash Figure of Fertility
CIRCA 13TH-12TH CENTURY B.C.
3 5/8 in. (4 in.) (47 grams, 91 mm (78 grams total, 10 cm including stand)).
A copper-alloy fertility figure with openwork decoration, loop arms suspending pendants formed as slender figurative horned animals; suspension loop to reverse and cage-style torso; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1983.mj
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
See The Virtual Museum of Iran Art, 'bronze openwork statue of a fertility Idol, ca 1000 BC', for a comparable figure.
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A group of two silver rimonim or Torah finials, each comprising a spherical body with conical finial and tapering cylindrical socket, medial band of dangles with inscription above, embossed and chased stylised floral and foliate motifs to body and socket. 734 grams total, 27 cm each
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Amlash Cage Bead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
A group of three bronze cage beads, each composed of a biconical body featuring openwork geometric motifs and pellets. 68 grams total, 38-63 mm
Fine condition.
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Sumerian Cup with Animal Frieze
Early Dynastic Period, 2900-2560 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
A truncated conical gypsum ritual drinking cup with rounded rim and discoid foot, displaying a frieze of mythological animals in relief to the exterior, including a lion-headed eagle with its wings spread, and an iconic Mesopotamian religious scene composed of a deity wearing a horned cup, flanked by a bull and goat; repaired. 27.9 grams, 46 mm wide
Acquired 1969-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous typed cataloguing sheet.
In many ancient Mediterranean cultures, such vessels were symbols of wealth and status, or ritual objects associated with cult activities. Lion-headed eagles were associated with the god of Imdugud or Anzu, a divine bird and the personification of wind, thunder and cloud; this cup may have been used as a dedication to the god.
