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LOT 1307
Western Asiatic and Other Terracotta Idol Fragment Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/4 - 3 7/8 in. (507 grams total, 45-98 mm).
Including anthropomorphic figures, heads and other items, some on display bases. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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LOT 1307
Western Asiatic and Other Terracotta Idol Fragment Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Luristan Bronze Mace Head
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Comprising a long cylindrical shaft with narrow flanged base, the upper section with three vertical relief panels decorated by round spikes alternated with wavy pattern, divided and bordered by two parallel ridges, similar band with three ridged horizontal grooves at the top and around the base. 357 grams, 19.3 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
This gorz mace head belongs to the category of truncheon-shaped mace-heads, a type developed on the Iranian plateau during the Bronze Age, used by Elamite and Luristan warriors since the 3rd millennium B.C. This category of objects was also interpreted as a part of a shaft, but most scholars agree on the interpretation of use as a mace. -
Western Asiatic Gold Ring with Ornament and Pearl
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £211
Square-section hoop with carination to the plaque, granulated collar and pearl bead. 3.88 grams, 27.36 mm overall, 15.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Illuminated Quran Manuscript Page
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Loose paper leaf with handwritten text in dense Naskh script, fifteen lines of dense black ink text to each side in a rectangular border with liquid gold fill, red diacritics and liquid gold rings as punctuation. 2 grams, 12.5 x 19.5 cm
Ex M. Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
