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LOT 0246
Bactrian Copper Standing Bull
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/8 in. (4 5/8 in.). (215 grams, 11.1 cm wide (357 grams total, 11.7 cm including stand).).
Figure of a zebu standing with head raised, dewlap to the chin and chest, angled hump behind the shoulders; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1972.
with a London, UK gallery.
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 0246
Bactrian Copper Standing Bull
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Gigantic Western Asiatic Pottery Jar
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,984
Cylindrical in plan and bullet-shaped in profile, sidewall decorated in dark brown with dense hatched filet below the rim and broad band of D-shaped voids and other detailing. 14.85 kg, 62 cm high
With Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK, 1974. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12810-241412. 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. -
Achaemenid Silver Phiale with Central Rosette
5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
Squat lotiform bowl with wide everted rim, central domed mesomphalos with rosette detailing, traces of gilding. 283 grams, 20.7 cm wide
English private collection, formed 1940s. Private collection, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12795-241325. 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.
This bowl is possibly part of a set of nearly identical vessels, probably used at the table of royal Satrapes. Persian governors used banquets to display their wealth and power by imitating the royal banquets. It was a greater honour for them to receive a drinking vessel such as this as a gift from the King of the Kings – establishing one’s status as a royal dinner guest. No doubt it took practice to drink adeptly from a vessel like this: however the omphalos in the base would have made it easier to hold with one hand, with the middle finger hooked inside the indentation and the thumb stretched out to grip the vessel at or near the rim. -
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Sasanian High Tin Bronze Bowl
3rd-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A shallow, wide bowl with rounded walls and flat base, incised concentric decoration to the inner base. 143 grams, 15.4 cm
Ex London, UK, collections, 1990s-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.
