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LOT 1334
Large Western Asiatic Bronze Animal-Headed Cloak Pin
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 in. (347 grams total, 25.5 cm including stand).
With barrel-shaped upper and tapering body, modelled with coil detailing around the upper body, tiered rings above and finial of an ibex's head with horns returned to form a collar; mounted on a custom-made stand. [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.
Cf. similar, less elaborate item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.22.1.977.
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LOT 1334
Large Western Asiatic Bronze Animal-Headed Cloak Pin
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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9th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
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with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Grey Stone Vessel
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With plain globular body, circular short shaft expanding to a circular flat base. 435 grams, 81 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
The mace in the Middle East was of great importance, and widely used in fighting activities at the end of the 4th millennium B.C. Many maces of simple spherical or pear-shaped profile have been found there, and they were quickly utilised by the military commanders as symbol of power and rank; limestone maces are still attested in the Marlik culture of 14th-10th century B.C.
