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LOT 1069
Sumerian Shell Disc Bangle
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/2 in. (48 grams, 11.5 cm).
Carved as a domed band from a large shell plate. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 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.
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Anatolian Alabaster Eye Idol
4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
With a squat body and two looped eyes, slightly convex base. 34 grams, 38 mm wide
Acquired in the 1980s. 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.
This type of figurine belongs to the type known as an ‘eye idol’ or ‘spectacle idol’, made of stone, marble or alabaster. Usually models having incised eyes (but also examples of open eyes are found) have been excavated mainly at Tell Brak, where thousands were found in a building now called the Eye Temple. There, in the precincts of the temple, excavators have found thousands of little 'eye-idols', schematised humanoid figures fashioned from alabaster, limestone, soapstone and black burnished clay. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £98
Restrung group of tubular, cylindrical and other beads. 6.94 grams, 40.5 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 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. -
Sumerian Buff Stone Cylinder Seal
Uruk Period, circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Drum-shaped with frieze of drilled zoomorphic images to the sidewall; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.04 grams, 14.25 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. 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.
