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LOT 0886
Western Asiatic and Other Terracotta Bowl and Fertility Figure Group
CIRCA 3000 B.C. AND LATER
3 3/8 - 6 7/8 in. (373 grams total, 8.4 - 17.5 cm).
Comprising: Mycenaean standing terracotta figure with flared base, applied arms, collar, eyes and hair; standing figure with pinched features, applied collar, dished panel above the head, black and ochre paint detailing; Mycenaean psi-shaped standing figure with splayed 'wings' applied hair to reverse, black and red painted detailing; small bowl with rounded underside. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceSome collected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
Property of a North London gentleman.
See Villes, A & Luci, K., Dieux des Balkans. Figurines Néolithiques du Kosovo, Paris, 2015, for discussion.
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LOT 0886
Western Asiatic and Other Terracotta Bowl and Fertility Figure Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
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Western Asiatic White Stone Bead Necklace
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Restrung, composed of small, pale stone or shell smoothed cylinder beads. 10.5 grams, 44 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands. -
Western Asiatic Glass Bottle with Prunts
12th-13th century A.D.Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,000
Bell-shaped frosted glass vessel with flared neck and flange collar; applied trail detailing to the neck and mouth; applied trails to the shoulder in zigzag above groups of three prunts with blue glass ornament; two circumferential applied trails to the lower body with crenellated band between. 304 grams, 15.5 cm high
Acquired in the 1980s. with Christopher Sheppard, London, UK. Acquired from the above in 2007. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11973-210908. -
Western Asiatic Slip-Painted Calligraphic Ceramic Bowl
Circa 10th century A.D.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Conical ceramic bowl with low foot, slip-painted with chestnut brown band to the rim, three calligraphic panels to the inner face with interstitial red and black rosettes; 'Samarkand' ware. 607 grams, 22.5 cm wide
From the Steel family collection, 1950s-late 1990s.
