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LOT 1223
Mamluk Pale Green Glass Feeder Bottle
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/8 in. (45.5 grams, 13.8 mm).
Lentoid in section with dimple base and tall conical pipe; applied trails to the shoulders.
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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Western Asiatic Black Stone Cylinder and Stamp Seal with Animal Frieze
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Columnar in profile with domed top and pierced laterally; tiered shoulders, low-relief frieze with supine human figure and wolf; geometric design to underside. 12.3 grams, 24 mm
From the London collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Bull Rider
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
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. -
Sasanian Bronze Bowl
3rd-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
With broad flat base and shallow flared sidewall. 218 grams, 17.1 cm
From the collection of North West London, UK, gentleman, 1990-2000s.
