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LOT 1343
Large Amlash Terracotta Jar
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 3/4 in. (1.09 kg, 24.7 cm).
With bulbous body, broad shoulder, tall neck and flared rim to the mouth.
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, gentleman's collection of ancient pottery and artefacts, 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.
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Western Asiatic Terracotta Elephant Tripod Vessel
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £325
With gently rounded and tapering sidewall to the shallow bowl, three integral tapering legs formed as stylised elephant-heads each with a long trunk and simple facial detailing; the flared ends of the trunks forming and splayed feet; Indus Valley period. 2.9 kg, 33.5 cm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N123k2 from Oxford Authentication. 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. -
Neo Babylonian Agate Cylinder Seal
Circa 1000-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
With a standing robed figure with his hands lifted in adoration, two nude advancing figures before him. 5.15 grams, 22 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. 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. -
Luristan Bronze 'Master of Animals' Finial
8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
A bifacial sceptre head formed as a Master of Animals atop a collared tubular stem with flared foot; the finial composed of two addorsed birds standing on their backs looking up towards two birds' heads facing down and joined to slender crescentic arms representing slender beasts with ridged backs and roaring mouths, each in the grip of the Master standing crowned between them; the Master with tubular body, animal-like ears, prominent nose above a small mouth and wearing collars, neck rings and tiered headdress; waisted socket below; mounted on a display stand. 399 grams, 32.3 cm (526 grams total, 34.5 cm including stand)
Acquired between 1965-2020. Private collection, London. 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 small head belongs to the tubular idols with protomes of second type of ‘Master of Animals’, probably being a finial standard. This type, according to Chausidis, came to be with the gradual transformation of the ‘zoomorphic standards with a human head, whereby the front legs of the animals became integrated into the tubular pillar of the standards. It gradually began to be cast with the other elements, representing the neck and torso of the central anthropomorphic character that retained the two-faced feature of the previous type. The necks and heads of the animal pair separated from the rest of their bodies, which, in turn, gradually lost their original form and acquired new meanings.
