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LOT 1133
Western Asiatic and other Broken Pottery Vessel Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 13 1/4 in. (6.6 kg total, 2.5-33.5 cm).
Including a Chinese Neolithic jar with painted ornament, amphora with loop handle, and other items. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gallery.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Western Asiatic Glass Bottle
Circa 10th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Elliptical in section with dimple base, columnar neck. 18 grams, 55 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Hittite Bronze Statuette of a Stag
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Modelled in the round, the stag standing with legs firmly set, ears and antlers carefully modelled; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 291 grams total, 88 mm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
In Anatolia, cult objects in the form of a deer found in the Royal Cemetery of Alaca Höyük, dating to the 3rd millennium B.C., suggest worship of this animal. This continued during the Hittite period where bronze statuettes of this type were widespread. The cult was widespread in the Mediterranean-Aegean world. Even on the remote island of Sardinia, similar cultic and votive statuettes were made. -
Mesopotamian Terracotta Jar
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Biconvex in profile with rounded undeside, flared rim to the mouth; band of hatched ornament to the shoulder with pierced bird head-shaped lugs, remains of two ledge handles. 149 grams, 99 mm wide
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
