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LOT 1222
Western Asiatic Bronze Bracelet with Beast-Head Terminals
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/2 in. (47 grams, 65 mm).
With a rounded penannular body and flattened beast-head finials with incised detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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LOT 1222
Western Asiatic Bronze Bracelet with Beast-Head Terminals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Western Asiatic Marble Ibex Head with Painted Eyes and Remains of Original Pigment
Mid 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Carved in the round with fine facial detailing; flaring nostrils and deep-set mouth, beard beneath the chin; inlaid eyes with raised black lids framing the large pupils, curving horns with ribbed detailing picked out in black pigment; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.4 kg total, 23.2 cm high including stand
Acquired on the London art market, 1993. Property of a gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12069-214290.
In Mesopotamian art, wild sheep, ibexes, gazelles, antelopes, and goats of various species are frequently represented in art from the earliest times until the Parthian period. -
Western Asiatic Stone Lion Pendant
14th-16th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Carved in the round with low-relief mane and facial details, loop behind the shoulders. 58 grams, 58 mm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971. -
Large Holy Land Terracotta Storage Jar with Pie-Crust Handles
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Biconvex globular body with broad neck, everted rim, two ledge handles below the equator each with a piecrust outer edge. 2.6 kg, 35 cm wide
From 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.
