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LOT 0253
Sumerian Stone Janiform Torso
CIRCA 2500 B.C.
4 in. (6 1/8 in.) (806 grams total, 10.1 cm high (15.5 cm high including stand)).
Comprising the upper body of a nude male and a female worshipper; the male with his hands clasped across the chest; the female with her hands clasped on her stomach; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceBy repute from an old collection.
Acquired on the US art market, circa 2004.
Private collection since 2004.
Accompanied by a copy of an Israeli export permit.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12083-214173.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Expandable Bracelet
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With a D-section body, the finials overlapping and hooked beneath the body. 30.8 grams, 65 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Ziwiye Faience Horse Protome
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Modelled in the round as a leaping horse with its forelegs tucked under the body; hollow to the reverse with raised collar and fixing holes. 188 grams, 11 cm
with Atigh Gallery, UK. Acquired by the current owner from the above, 23 February 1984. -
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Western Asiatic Bronze Rhyton Bull Head
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Hollow-formed head of a bull with short curved horns, large bulbous eyes, lateral scooped ears, short muzzle with flared nostrils, dewlap beneath; possibly from a rhyton; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.3 kg total, 22 cm high including stand
Excellent condition, very rare.
Acquired between 1980-1983. From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12019-213616.
The rhyton was dipped into a krater and held above the drinker's mouth with the spout covered by a thumb, then opened to release a stream of wine into the mouth. The bull was a symbol of man’s control over the nature. Not only were these heads used to serve wine in the banquets, but they were also destined to hold blood from sacrificial animals, that was collected and then poured on the ground as a libation.
