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LOT 0932
Amlash Handled Jar
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 1/2 in. (670 grams, 27 cm).
An unusual ceramic vessel with carinated body, cylindrical neck, everted rim, forked handle with finial at the apex, base composed of six applied pellets and cones, the handle and body decorated with pellets and incised chevrons.
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-2010.
Ex important Japanese collection.
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Amlash Figure of Fertility
Circa 13th-12th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £635
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. 47 grams, 91 mm (78 grams total, 10 cm including stand)
Fine condition.
Acquired before 1983.mj Ex London gallery, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Trans Jordan Redware Burnished Jar
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A bulbous ceramic jar with flared neck flanked by two integral handles, two strips of raised knops to the body; hole near base of one handle. 359 grams, 12 cm high
Acquired 1970s. From an important deceased family collection by descent. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cow Suckling Calf Statuette
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
A free-standing stone figure of a horned cow suckling a calf, modelled in the round and using openwork technique, the cow's head turned to face the calf suckling at its underbelly, a fierce expression on its face, tail forming a loop; stylised anatomical detailing and recessed eye to both creatures; tail repaired. 447 grams, 13.5 cm wide
Acquired before 1980. Ex Richmond family collection. Thence by descent.
Alternatively, this piece may represent a hound or wolf attacking a cow's soft underbelly.