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LOT 0256
Proto-Elamite Silver-Gilt Kneeling Bull-Headed Anthropomorphic Deity
CIRCA LATE 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/4 in. (27.2 grams, 56 mm).
Hollow-formed on a D-shape footprint, kneeling figure in striped robe draped around the body, arms held across the chest and abdomen with exposed hooves; arched neck with parcel-gilt bull's head and small goatee beard; suspension loop to rear of neck.
ProvenanceAcquired by the previous owner on the London art market in the 1980s and kept in London.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12413-225443.
Cf. similar kneeling bull-head figure in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, ref. 66.173; Benoit, A. Art in the First Cities of Iran and Central Asia: The Sarikhani Collection, New Haven, 2021, p.37 for similar, p.178 for group of figures.
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LOT 0256
Proto-Elamite Silver-Gilt Kneeling Bull-Headed Anthropomorphic Deity
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,460
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Urartian Bronze Recumbent Bull
8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Hollow-formed figure of a bull resting with its legs folded beneath its body, head turned; on a stepped rectangular base. 485 grams, 11.4 cm
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), thence by descent. Ex Galerie Dominique Thirion, Brussels, Belgium. Private collection of Mr K.A. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12411-225769. -
Aramaic Lead Scroll with Magical Text
2nd-8th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £167
A rectangular lead sheet rolled into a tight scroll with the text to the inner face. 31 grams, 58 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. Ex Simmons gallery, London, UK.
