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LOT 1235
Western Asiatic Bronze Animal Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1 - 1 3/4 in. (76 grams total, 25-45 mm).
Mixed group comprising: lion, resting with forelegs spread, inset glass eyes (one absent); hare resting, with long ears; rooster(?) with head turned to the rear, annular socket; leaping horse with forelegs raised. [4, 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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Large Amlash Bronze Spouted Libation Vessel
Circa 1200-1000 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
With a thin-walled body and flaring foot, a separately made long spout rivetted to the body; the U-shaped spout resembling the beak of a bird with stylised linear feather detailing to the gracefully curving neck, eleven domed rivets to the edges; the base of the foot with concentric circle decoration. 736 grams, 47 cm
Acquired in the 1960s. From the collection of Mr Jay Gluck (1927-2000) & Mrs Sumi Hiramoto Gluck. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12061-214190.
Jay Gluck was an American archaeologist and specialist in the history of Persian art. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1949 in Archaeology and Middle Eastern Studies. In 1966 he became director of the Asia Institute of the Pahlavi University in Iran. He is also well known for republishing the work of Arthur Upham Pope, A Survey of Persian Art. -
Western Asiatic Zoomorphic Stone Stamp Seal
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Plano-convex in profile, oval in plan with facial detailing to the knop finial, underside with incuse tree motifs. 3.81 grams, 21 mm
From a London, UK, collection formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s; collection number 2921. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s (collection number on the packet in Professor Lambert's hand. -
Luristan Bronze Amulet of a Goat
1000-700 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Standing modelled in the round with head erect, curved horns, loop to shoulder. 13.6 grams, 37 mm
Private collection, Mr. A.A., London, acquired in the 1970s. with Bonhams, London, 8 May 2013, no.229 (Part).
