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LOT 1217
Syro-Hittite Bronze Figure
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 in. (13.7 grams, 73 mm).
Modelled in the round, standing figure with pinched facial features, transverse collar, applied pellet eyes and breasts, arms bent forward, legs closed together; the right hand holds a cup or bowl.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Zahlhaas,G., Prähistorische Staatssammlung, Idole und Votive, München, 1993, p.32, fig.16, for type.
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Western Asiatic Bone Bearded Figure
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Carved in the round with sockets to the eyes, drilled ears, wavy beard descending to the chest; genitals and stub legs; peg to top of head and another beneath feet, square panels at the arms; possibly a votive, or one element from a larger frieze. 7.37 grams, 59 mm
From the collection of a London antiquarian, 1980s. -
Large Bactrian Green Onyx 'Hand-Bag' Weight
Circa late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
Substantial mottled green and tan weight with arched handle; repaired. 11.6 kg, 35.5 cm
with Gallery Rosen Ancient Art, Tel Aviv, 1968. Property of a London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12261-218639.
Among the most iconic intercultural style objects are the so-called 'lock' or 'hand bag' weights. These were probably not weights at all, but were likely badges of high office, carried to indicate authority. Similar objects have been found throughout Mesopotamia, the islands of the Persian Gulf, on the Iranian steppe, as well as the Indus Valley. -
Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £13
Restrung with three central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. 18.66 grams, 46 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands.
