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LOT 1171
Western Asiatic Bronze Bull Statuette
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (602 grams total, 12.7 cm wide including stand).
Modelled standing with head lowered and mouth open; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [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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Western Asiatic Mixed Agate Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Restrung designer necklace comprising tubular, fusiform and irregular types in carnelian, banded agate and other materials. 47 grams, 36.5 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery. -
Jemdet Nasr Period Cylinder Seal Group
3100-2900 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Comprising two examples from the Jemdet Nasr Period, one white limestone with three rows fish; a second pink limestone with cross-banded hatching; accompanied by a third Early Dynastic example circa 2700-2500 B.C., in grey limestone with contest scene, with a male figure between two rampant antelope. 9.69 grams total, 12-19 mm
From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Clothing Pin Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising four pins with conical finials, a looped pin, and a section of a pin with flared finial. 34.5 grams total, 52-80 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
