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LOT 0237
Parthian Alabaster Head of Ishtar
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (523 grams total, 13 cm high including stand).
Modelled in the round with luxuriant flowing hair, large lentoid eyes with inlaid black irises, small slit mouth; some encrustation; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
The shank formed from a group of twisted rods developing to a hollow-formed conical bulb with ram's head finial; applied filigree detailing, beaded wire horns, hook closure. 2.18 grams, 22 mm
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s.
