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LOT 0244
Elamite Bronze Bull Statuette
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/8 in. (215 grams, 10.5 cm).
Modelled in the round as a zebu standing on all four legs with dewlap and crescent horns.
ProvenancePrivate collection, London, UK; formed 1970s-1980s.
From a private collection of an Exeter gentleman since 2015.
See Aruz, J., Art of the First Cities. The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New York, 2003, for discussion.
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Persian Religious Manuscript Gifted on Behalf of Judge Qazi Mohammad
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Bound paper manuscript with text in Farsi script, the pages with applied stiff paper edges and binding; mainly set out in three blue-ink ruled columns with text in black ink and headings in red, or as a larger block spanning all three columns with text in a more expansive hand; some marginal notations, numerals, etc.; library binding with olive-green leather covers, decorative tooling and stamped arabesque ornament picked out in red-brown, red spine; the text with inter alia references to Moses, Mount Sinai, Mullana Rummy and Abu Ali Sina; some pages stamped with the matrix of the person who donated this manuscript to a religious centre. 821 grams, 23.4 x 17.5 cm
Private Norfolk collection, early 2000s. -
Babylonian Hardstone Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Featuring a finely carved single register with a male figure seated on a throne, probably a deified king, resting one of his arms on the throne and the other outstretched in the act of giving or receiving, wearing a flounced robe of descending layers in Babylonian style, a crescent moon above the king; before him a worshipper and a supplicant goddess. 1.8 grams, 20 mm
Ex property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous typed cataloguing card. -
Western Asiatic Artefact Fragment Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Including ceramic disc, architectural stone base and other items. 3.87 kg total, 5-18.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
