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LOT 1315
Syro-Hittite Lead Idol
12TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
2 1/2 in. (6.05 grams, 62 mm).
A figural plaque in two pieces depicting a stylised female, lentoid head with curly hair, pinched nose and large eyes, wearing long earrings, long neck adorned with torcs, her arms raised to hold the breasts, wide hips, legs held together, raised decoration to the pubic area. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Mayfair lady; formerly in an important London collection formed since 1965.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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Western Asiatic Bronze Seal Matrix
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Bell-shaped in profile with incised floral motif to underside; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 7.21 grams, 18 mm
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From the collection of the late S, London, UK, 1970-2000. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the 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.
