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LOT 1301
Syro-Hittite Bronze Helmetted Figure
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/2 in. (19 grams, 64 mm).
Modelled as a stylised standing nude figure with elongated body, stylised head with a conical helmet.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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.
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