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LOT 0220
Sasanian Silver Bulb-Shaped Vessel
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
6 5/8 in. (480 grams, 16.8 cm).
Ovoid in profile with a short neck and a flat rim, pierced at the bottom; minor dents to the surface.
ProvenanceLondon, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13139-248448.
For the shape, see 'Anahita vessel' at Cleveland Museum of Art.
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LOT 0220
Sasanian Silver Bulb-Shaped Vessel
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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Judean Terracotta Head
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Biconvex in section with moulded facial detailing, band of hair framing the face, vertically slashed collar, 90 grams, 83 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Bull Rider
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
Showing a man on a standing bull, grabbing the hair of a captive with his right hand. 84 grams, 51 mm high
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The statuette can represent the god storm Hazor, a storm deity with lunar traits. The association between a bull and storm deities is well known on Anatolian sealings from 20th-19th century B.C. The portrayal of a god standing on a bull in conjunction with lunar symbols derived from Old Babylonian cult, where the bull was connected with the Moon as a goddess, and continued in the Near East in association with the god Hazor, identified with El, head of the Canaanite pantheon. -
Western Asiatic Cosmetic Glass Vessel
8th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Ribbed round-section body with tubular neck and everted rim. 9.29 grams, 49 mm
From a London, UK, collection of glass, 1970-2000s.
