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LOT 1230
Luristan Bronze Arrows and Blades
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
2 1/4 - 6 1/8 in. (388 grams total, 5.8-15.5 cm).
Including pade-shaped, leaf-shaped, ribbed and other types. [24]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Stone Idol and Other Artefact Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £104
Including phallus, heads, fusiform bead and other items, some on a ceramic base. 586 grams total, 48-94 mm including stand
From 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. -
Western Asiatic Stone Phallus Axe
Neolithic Period, 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Lentoid in section with rounded cutting edge, carinated butt formed as a phallus. 1.76 kg, 22 cm
From 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. -
Akkadian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With incuse frieze depicting a standing robed figure with one leg and one arm extended, holding a sceptre towards a supplicant in ankle-length garment standing beside a frond; sun-disc above the bird's head; third standing figure in flounced garment and with both hands raised above an altar. 7.43 grams, 22.84 mm
From a Scottish private collection, Perthshire, 1990s.
About one third of the surface of the seal has been left blank; this was probably intended to be inscribed with a cuneiform text.