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LOT 1128
Large Western Asiatic Bronze Bowl
CIRCA 12TH CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (427 grams, 20.5 cm).
Raised from a single sheet with rounded base and slightly inturned walls.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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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LOT 1128
Large Western Asiatic Bronze Bowl
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Sumerian Limestone Bull Head Protome
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £25,350
With large eyes, the pupils inlaid in black chlorite, bone insert for the sclerae, three arching grooved brows, the wide muzzle with a horizontal incision between the nostrils, closed mouth; sockets to the sides of the head to accept separately made horns and ears; the edge of the neck contoured for attachment; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.24 kg total, 14.5 cm high including stand
Private European collection, 1985. with Christie’s, New York, 3 June 2009, no.35. Private collection, Europe. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12358-226703. 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.
In Sumerian mythology, the bull was associated with the storm and rain god Hadad (Iškur), and is widely represented on artworks (Woolley, 1961, pp.46, 52; Kramer, 1979, figs.17, 18, 22). The round inlaid eyes are typical of Sumerian art of Early Dynastic Period, as well as the triple eyebrows. -
Bactrian Bronze Stamp Seal with Human Figures
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Formed as three nude male figures each with one hand to the mouth and the other covering the anus; with vertical bar handle and ring finial. 99 grams, 54 mm
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. -
Achaemenid Pale Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
6th-4th century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
Composed of mainly oblate and tubular beads; central feature with a large oblate bead and an annular disc below; restrung. 9.74 grams, 37 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 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.
