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LOT 1210
Phoenician Bronze Figure of Astarte
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/8 in. (13.8 grams, 54 mm).
With hands raised, wearing a floral headdress and standing on a discoid base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Mixed Ancient Necklace Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising a quantity of variously shaped beads in glass, faience, lapis lazuli, and other materials. 83 grams total, 2-31 mm
From a bead collection formed in the 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Human Mask Stamp Seal
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
Plano-convex in profile with low-relief facial features, large lentoid eyes and segmented hair; to the reverse, low-relief winged gryphons. 9.17 grams, 29 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Fertility Figure
4th-3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Modelled in the round with flared base, lightly modelled facial features, breasts and folds to the abdomen; head chipped. 156 grams, 94 mm
From the collection of Mr S.M., London, UK, 1990s.
