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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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Neo Babylonian Stone Duck Weight
8th-7th century B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £910
With two broad ovoid wings, the head resting along the spine; pierced through the neck. 3.19 kg, 16 cm
From an important collection formed before 1988. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s. -
Neo-Elamite Silver Brooch Pair
Circa 700 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A group of two arm-and-hand brooches each with ribbed collars to the shank and the catchplate formed as a stylised hand. 20.4 grams total, 33-34 mm
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Mixed Ancient Necklace Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising a quantity of variously shaped beads in lapis lazuli, glass, faience, and other materials, including some amuletic and large tabular beads. 70 grams total, 2-38 mm
From a bead collection formed in the 1990s.
