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LOT 1621
Fatimid Rock Crystal Bead Necklace
10TH CENTURY A.D.
14 1/8 in. (105 grams, 36 cm).
Choker-length necklace composed of tabular collared beads with three metal beads, restrung and with a modern magnetic closure.
ProvenanceMehdi Mahboubian Gallery, New York, 1970s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 1621
Fatimid Rock Crystal Bead Necklace
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£500 (EUR 580; USD 675) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Bronze Bull Rider
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Showing a man on a standing bull, grabbing the hair of a captive with his right hand. 84 grams, 51 mm high
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. 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.
The statuette can represent the god storm Hazor, a storm deity with lunar traits. The association between a bull and storm deities is well known on Anatolian sealings from 20th-19th century B.C. The portrayal of a god standing on a bull in conjunction with lunar symbols derived from Old Babylonian cult, where the bull was connected with the Moon as a goddess, and continued in the Near East in association with the god Hazor, identified with El, head of the Canaanite pantheon. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Single-Handled Pouring Vessel
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Hemispherical body with inturned rim, broad scooped pouring lip, small loop handle to the rear. 380 grams, 22 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Vessel
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Drum-shaped vessel with four integral loops surrounding the base, high shoulder and a narrow tubular neck; decorated with rows of pellets. 347 grams, 93 mm wide
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1960s. From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s.
