Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection

Piriform body and funicular neck; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 28.5 grams, 10.6 cm (91.1 grams total, 13.2 cm including stand)



From an important London, UK, collection 1980-2020.

These small flasks are typical in shape and dimensions, produced by the Egyptian or Syrian workshops of the Fatimid Empire. They were realised in ultramarine blue, slightly translucent glass, free-blown, and with a snapped-off base.

With a flat ellipsoid body, three parallel elongated necks with triangular-shaped heads, each face with circular eyes and eyebrows; the body decorated with dotted circles and bands of herringbone lines; mounted on a custom-made stand. 573 grams, 18.3 cm



Property of an European gentleman, acquired from the estate of a London collector. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13551-263657.

The group of artefacts known as the ‘Kültepe Type Idols’ that have been found during excavations have nearly all been unearthed in and around monumental religious structures and graves in this locality. They are often represented with multiple heads. Another group of idols that may share features with the Kültepe examples, such as triangular heads, is the eye idols, for example, from the site of Tell Brak in Syria. They are dated to the late 4th and early 3rd millennium B.C. These idols are made of alabaster and can have multiple heads, similar to the Kültepe idols.

Comprising plano-convex type with linear motif, pyramidal type with hatched quadrants, and club type with hatching. 7.56 grams total, 16-18 mm



From the deceased estate of a specialist collector of seals, Woodbury, Connecticut, USA. From a private collection acquired in 2006.