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LOT 0256
Elamite Segmented and Decorated Schist Vessel
3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/4 in. (753 grams, 11 cm wide).
Cylindrical with waisted profile and rounded underside, inner with central tube and four radiating partitions; band of hatched triangles flanking herringbone and ring-and-dot motifs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Syro-Hittite Bronze Female Idol
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Modelled in the round standing figure with pinched facial features, transverse collar, applied breasts, arms bent forward, legs close together. 17.7 grams, 83 mm
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
The Syro-Hittite states rose to prominence in northern Syria and southern Anatolia (modern Turkey) following the collapse of the Hittite Empire, during which time many such figures were produced and widely distributed for domestic use. Such figures, later pejoratively referred to as 'idols', depicted deities often carrying or standing with animals. The present figure's arms are positioned as if holding a lamb or other small animal. -
Elamite Silver Flower Pendant
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
A restrung necklace of fusiform and tubular carnelian beads with two silver cloisonné pendant quatrefoils with haematite discs in the spandrels, inset glass and other panels, oval rock crystal beads flanking. 59 grams, 43 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired 1990s. With a London gallery. Property of a London collector; from her family's private collection. -
Amlash Bronze Cage Bead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Each composed of a biconical body featuring openwork geometric motifs and pellets. 68 grams total, 38-63 mm
Fine condition.
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.
