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LOT 1281
Neo-Assyrian Bronze Cylinder Seal with Pazuzu
CIRCA 1012-612 B.C.
1 in. (8.05 grams, 27 mm).
Cylindrical in form with narrow neck and head of Pazuzu above; frieze of two figures and a pillar with crescent above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Modelled in the round figure with flared foot, stylised anthropomorphic or theriomorphic figure with amphora and mounting peg to reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 163 grams total, 92 mm high including stand
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Syro-Hittite Silver Standing Stag
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Modelled in the round standing with head raised, recurved horns or antlers, slender muzzle with mouth detailing, incised ring-and-dot motif to shoulders and hips; mounted on a custom-made stand. 69.2 grams total, 80 mm high including stand
London art market, 1978. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12263-220844.
Stylistically, the item shares features with the Hattian stag figurine found in the royal tombs in Alacahöyük (now in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey) and dating from the period 2100-2000 B.C. The use of ring-and-dot embellishments to the flanks is suggestive of some cultural continuity. The animal depicted is probably an ibex rather than a European stag. However, a date of manufacture in the period after the fall of the Hittite Empire in the 12th century B.C. seems more probable.
