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LOT 1134
Large Western Asiatic Qajar Style Gilt Bronze Stag
LATE 20TH-21ST CENTURY A.D.
12 3/8 in. (798 grams, 31.5 cm).
Modelled in the round, standing with head raised; band of inlaid gold-coloured inlay to the flanks, scrolls and other details to the neck and back. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Bull Rider
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
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 Necklace with Gold Beads
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Restrung group of fluted melon and other beads with three later hollow-formed gold drum-shaped panels, each with an inset cabochon garnet to the upper face, and granule clusters. 46.45 grams, 34 cm
Private collection, Jerusalem, assembled in the 1960s. with Holy Land Antiquities, Jerusalem. European private collection, acquired 2001. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13141-246774. -
Canaanite Bronze Figure
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
A slender bronze figurine of a standing male with lowered arms, piriform head with bulbous eyes and slit mouth; mounted on a custom-made stand. 18.8 grams total, 65 mm including stand
Fine condition.
From the private collection of a medical professional; formerly part of a collection formed in Toulouse, France, since 1967. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
These representations in the style of figurines presumably represented household deities who were guardians of the home. In some cases figurines of this type were produced in groups of two or four.
