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LOT 0258
Vijayanagara Bronze Statue of a Seated Fertility Figure
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
3 5/8 in. (124 grams, 93 mm).
Modelled in the round in tight-fitting robe gathered at the waist; the hair piled at the back of the head, with large earrings and collar, holding a ladle in the left hand; socket to underside and top of head.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 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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LOT 0258
Vijayanagara Bronze Statue of a Seated Fertility Figure
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Twisted Silver Bracelet Pair
10th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Each a penannular round-section band with a twisted filigree band coiled around the shank; clubbed finials, one with closure clip fitting. 259 grams total, 75-78 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. 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. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Composed of variously shaped amber-coloured beads, restrung to a Y-shape. 17.7 grams, 37 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. 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 Cylinder Seal with Fishes
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
With frieze of fishes in profile within a field of zigzag lines. 11.5 grams, 37 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.
