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LOT 0936
Elamite Silver Female Idol Pendant
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (48 grams, 12.7 cm).
Composed of bifurcated body with each arm tapering to a coiled terminal, splayed head with suspension loop, decorative diagonal grooves around the perimeter and to the centre.
ProvenanceLondon collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
Cf. Bilgi, O., Anthropomorphic Representations in Anatolia Before The Classical Age. Volume 1, Istanbul, 2014, figs.398, 778, 781 and 782, for similar; cf. Maxwell-Hyslop, K.R., Western Asiatic Jewellery c.3000-612 BC, London, 1971, fig.36, for a similar type.
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Ancient Gold Element Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £468
Mixed group of gold jewellery elements including a granulated conical finial, granulated triangular dangle, ribbed collar and other items. 4.34 grams total, 6-20 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
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Bactrian Bifacial Stone Amulet with Bird and Lion
Circa 2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Rectangular with lentoid cross-section, pierced through the centre; one side with a stylised bird with spread wings; the other side with a standing lion on a hatched background, facing with a voluminous mane. 18.6 grams, 35 mm
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
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Neo-Assyrian Winged Gryphon Bone Plaque
Circa 700 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Rectangular carved furniture panel with raised frame above and below the central figure modelled in the half-round; the figure an advancing gryphon with head raised and wings spread, hair falling in three locks to the shoulder, tail raised; the wing with raised rims to the feathers forming cells to accept an inlay in contrasting colour; remains of tenons above and below; Phoenician style; mounted on a custom-made stand. 274 grams total, 10 cm wide including stand
Ex Florida collection, purchased from Kelekian, New York, prior to 1970. Acquired by the current owner from the above. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11971-209611.
The figure is shown with the head raised; the example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is very similar, is eating the flowers of a tiered papyrus plant. Many such plaques were manufactured in workshops at Nimrud, but some may have been plundered from the treasuries of defeated enemies.
