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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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Aramaic Bronze Epigraphic Fragment Group
Circa 2nd-3th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Comprising two fragments of sheet bronze each with one straight edge and nail-holes or attachment, inked or painted Aramaic text; mounted in a display case. 214 grams total, 13 x 13.5 cm including case
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
With detailed frieze including a standing figure with tall helmet, raising his arm to strike a similar figure with both hands raised, bird above the scene and ankh below, smaller combat scene below with beast and kneeling figure with an axe; guilloche and other items in the field; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.04 grams, 18 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. -
Western Asiatic and Other Mixed Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C.-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Composed of stone and glass beads in a variety of sizes, shapes and colours, some from Asia, North and West Africa, with some glass Venetian chevrons and millefiori trade beads. 69.5 grams total, 1-23 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
