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LOT 1308
Western Asiatic Bronze Figure of a Horse
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 5/8 in. (9.2 grams, 41 mm).
Formed with flange to upper back (saddle?) and bridle to muzzle. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Western Asiatic White Stone Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £13
Restrung group of tubular, fusiform, biconical and other beads. 31.9 grams, 37.5 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Large Luristan Bronze Collared Spearhead
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising a leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib extending to the round-section long shank, raised collar above a rectangular section tang, fastened by bending to a right-angle. 300 grams, 46 cm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The specimen belongs to the category of tripartite spears with long pointed biconvex blade and single bevelled tang. They seem to be a Mesopotamian and Susian (Elamite) variant, and this type also includes decorated blades, like the spear from Tello with the inscription 'King of Kish'. -
Western Asiatic Turquoise Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £169
Restrung group of lentoid-section and other beads. 5.44 grams, 55 cm
Ex Susan Hadida, Faustus Art and Jack Ogden, 1970-1980. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
