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LOT 0215
Western Asiatic Bronze Cage Weight
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (198 grams, 74 mm).
Comprising a rectangular basket with two overlapping U-shaped handles, two bull heads resting on the edge of the basket.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 0215
Western Asiatic Bronze Cage Weight
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Bronze Bowl
Mid 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Broad and squat with tapering sidewall. 333 grams, 20.5 cm
Ex 1990s collection and with a central London gallery. -
Mesopotamian Compartmented Stone Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Squat and broad with hatched band below the everted rim, segmented internally. 256 grams, 86 mm wide
Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 2000s. -
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Man Riding Bull
12th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Standing bull with a rider on its back holding onto the horns, leaning forwards, staring the bull in the eyes and applying what is possibly a bridle decorated with a series of impressed 'dots'; the rider seated forward on the shoulders, applied eyes with central impressed 'dot', a series of dots impressed in an X-pattern between shoulders and hips at the rear and three bands of impressed dots to the legs; bull's tail held firmly between his back legs, applied eyes, shallow dots and incised line representing muzzle and mouth, applied collar at the neck decorated with three lines of impressed 'dots'. 41.5 grams, 64 mm
Fair condition, repaired.
Ex important Mayfair, London, UK, collection, before 2000. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.