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LOT 1247
Luristan Bronze Animal
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
1 3/8 in. (11 grams, 33 mm wide).
Cast bronze model of a calf with splayed horns. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Akkadian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
With incuse frieze depicting a standing robed figure with one leg and one arm extended towards a supplicant in floor-length garment offering a bird in both hands towards the first figure; sun-disc above the bird's head; third standing figure in flounced garment behind the supplicant. 15 grams, 26.6 mm
From a Scottish private collection, Perthshire, 1990s.
About half the surface of the seal has been left blank; this was probably intended to be inscribed with a cuneiform text. -
Urartian Bronze Recumbent Bull
8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Hollow-formed figure of a bull resting with its legs folded beneath its body, head turned; on a stepped rectangular base. 485 grams, 11.4 cm
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), thence by descent. Ex Galerie Dominique Thirion, Brussels, Belgium. Private collection of Mr K.A. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12411-225769. -
Early Urartu Bronze Spearhead
17th-16th century B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £130
With leaf-shaped blade, raised midrib extending to a tubular split socket with fastening holes. 165 grams, 29.7 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
With the introduction of the socketted spearhead in the Middle East in the second half of the 3rd millennium B.C., by the middle of the 2nd millennium, these kind of spearheads became predominant throughout the ancient Near East, and the design of the spearhead remained practically unchanged since then.
