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LOT 1159
Luristan Bronze Horned Animal Attachment Pair
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
2 5/8 in. (5 7/8 in.) (246 grams total, 68 mm each (15 cm wide including stand)).
Group of two low-relief zebu appliqués mounted on a custom-made display stand. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection.
From an old UK collection.
Ex London, UK, gallery, 2000s.
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Western Asiatic Gemstone with Kufic Inscription
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Octagonal form bearing Kufic script over three lines to one face; possibly red jade or jasper. 4.29 grams, 25 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Signed Bronze Calligraphic Vessel
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
With basal ring, tall tubular neck, flared rim; scroll foliage detailing to the rim and shoulder, fluted neck, interlace roundel and calligraphic band to the equator; base restored, rim partly absent, holes to shoulder and lower body; base restored, possibly a marriage. 3.1 kg, 37 cm
Fair condition, base restored, rim partly absent, holes to shoulder and lower body.
Property of a Hampstead gentleman; from his family collection formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Marble Ibex Head with Painted Eyes and Remains of Original Pigment
Mid 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Carved in the round with fine facial detailing; flaring nostrils and deep-set mouth, beard beneath the chin; inlaid eyes with raised black lids framing the large pupils, curving horns with ribbed detailing picked out in black pigment; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.4 kg total, 23.2 cm high including stand
Acquired on the London art market, 1993. Property of a gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12069-214290.
In Mesopotamian art, wild sheep, ibexes, gazelles, antelopes, and goats of various species are frequently represented in art from the earliest times until the Parthian period.
