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LOT 1389
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 1389
Vijayanagara Bronze Statue of a Seated Fertility Figure
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Syrian Prismatic Carnelian Scaraboid Seal with Bull
2nd millennium B.C. or laterEstimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £450
Rectangular in plan with pyramidal upper face, incuse bull and cow motif. 7.54 grams, 25 mm
Acquired in 2001. Private collection, Europe. 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. -
Vijayanagara Bronze Statue of a Seated Fertility Figure
14th-15th century A.D. or earlierEstimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
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. 124 grams, 93 mm
Acquired 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. -
Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Figures
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
With frieze depicting opposed standing figures with spears and khopesh, gryphon, ankh and other items; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 7.16 grams, 24 mm
Acquired in 1997. 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.
