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LOT 1521
Western Asiatic Bone Idol Group
2ND CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 - 1 3/4 in. (5.77 grams total, 39.65-47.82 mm).
Each plano-convex in section with heavily scored detailing. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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Urartu Bronze Standing Bull
8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Modelled standing with an erect head, large curving horns and bulbous eyes, male genitals underneath. 732 grams, 10.5 cm wide
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Gold and Other Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Restrung designer necklace of three strands connected by a median vertical column; comprising mainly gold tubular beads with ribbing to the outer face, polyhedral carnelian beads, irregular green glass beads, square-section lapis lazuli beads and other types; the lower node a larger polyhedral lapis lazuli bead with a loop of barrel-shaped gold beads and other types. 78 grams, 57 cm
Acquired in the 1980s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Neo-Babylonian Faience Frog Amulet with Man Plucking a Fruit from a Tree
750-332 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Modelled in the round on a rectangular plaque with incuse image to the underside: figure in ankle-length robe plucking a fruit from a tree. 3.28 grams, 18 mm
Old private French collection. Anonymous sale, Beaussant Lefevre, Paris, 2015. Private European collection, acquired in 2015.
