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LOT 1348
Luristan Bronze Ram Statuette
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 5/8 in. (26 grams, 41 mm).
Modelled in the round with lateral piercing at the shoulders, thick pendulous horns.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, early 2000s.
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Luristan Bronze Horse Bit Cheek-Piece with Master of Animals
8th–7th century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Formed as an advancing ram on a baseline with head turned to face the viewer, applied collar, standing human figure holding the tail; circular hole to the shoulder to accept the bit; mounted on a display stand. 212 grams, 12.7 cm (601 grams total, 18.4 cm including stand)
A.P. family collection, Europe, from 1969, partly transferred to the United Kingdom in 1981. London art market, after 2000. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12974-245211.
Horse equipment was an important symbol of status and power in the Iron Age Near East. Elaborate bits with decorated cheek-pieces were not only practical items for controlling horses but also served a display function, reflecting the wealth and rank of their owners. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Comprising seven cylinder seals including one with a contest scene, one showing a procession of animals, two with figures, and others. 56 grams total, 17-29 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Female
3rd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Sculptured female head, angular nose with straight ridge, slightly rounded cheeks and triangular chin, large sockets for inlaid eyes, grooved eyebrows and high ears, long locks of hair visible below the ears; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.96 kg total, 18.5 cm including stand
UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman.
In the Arabian funerary sculptures of the period, the tops of the heads are usually cut off flat just above the hair line and left roughly tooled. The cut was due to the necessity of fitting them into niches of 'house shrines'. Large stelae with niches containing such heads were found in the Timna Cemetery.
