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LOT 0207
Sumerian Bone Face Mask
CIRCA 3000 B.C.
2 1/4 in. (50 grams, 59 mm).
D-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section with large ellipsoid voids for the eyes, high-relief facial features.
ProvenanceAcquired between 1981-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
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Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Vessel
8th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Squat in profile and of tiered construction with strap handle and broad pouring lip, bands of polychrome painted foliage decoration. 407 grams, 12.7 cm
UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman. -
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Man Riding Bull
12th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Standing bull with a rider on its back holding onto the horns, leaning forwards, staring the bull in the eyes and applying what is possibly a bridle decorated with a series of impressed 'dots'; the rider seated forward on the shoulders, applied eyes with central impressed 'dot', a series of dots impressed in an X-pattern between shoulders and hips at the rear and three bands of impressed dots to the legs; bull's tail held firmly between his back legs, applied eyes, shallow dots and incised line representing muzzle and mouth, applied collar at the neck decorated with three lines of impressed 'dots'. 41.5 grams, 64 mm
Fair condition, repaired.
Ex important Mayfair, London, UK, collection, before 2000. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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Sasanian Bronze Ring with Insect Gemstone
3rd-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Inset scaraboid with intaglio insect (hornet?) to the gemstone. 4.07 grams, 26.53 mm overall, 18.06 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
