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LOT 1201
Oxus Culture Terracotta Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 in. (985 grams, 23 cm).
A round-bottomed jar decorated with impressed branch motifs, thick everted rim to the mouth. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the property of an London gentleman; formerly in a important European collection.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Bowl
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Hemispherical in profile with lip to inner edge of mouth. 142 grams, 12.4 cm wide
Ex 1990s collection and with a central London gallery. -
Large Western Asiatic Bronze Figure of a Bull
Circa 10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,296
A heavy example modelled in the round with slender, elongated trunk, thick neck and prominent horns, vestigial ears below; Anatolian workmanship. 1.32 kg, 19.2 cm
with Christie's, New York, 8 June 2001, no.363. Private collection, Europe. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12414-226675.
Bulls with raised horns have been found in central Anatolian royal burials. Among the sacred animals found in the royal graves of Alacahöyük, the bull and the deer are always present. This simplified figure of a young and spritely standing bull recalls the Baltimore bull and the other two examples in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Images of bulls were mounted on standards, used in battlefields or in religious processions, or as in the royal graves of Alacahöyük, they were used to decorate cult furniture or shrines. -
Achaemenid Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
6th-4th century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £104
Restrung designer necklace string of fusiform, oblate and other types with annular pendant centrepiece. 7 grams, 38 cm
London, UK, collection, 2000s.
