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LOT 1612
Large Western Asiatic Stone Bead Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 2 in. (96 grams total, 26-51 mm).
Including lentoid-section fusiform type, and oblate types. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 1612
Large Western Asiatic Stone Bead Group
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Western Asiatic White Stone Bead Necklace String
Circa 1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed mainly of oblate, annular and irregular beads, restrung. 10.8 grams, 36 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Sasanian Banded Agate Stamp Seal with Horse
3rd-7th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D-shaped in profile with incuse motif of an advancing horse; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.09 grams, 15 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
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.
