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LOT 1201
Western Asiatic Bronze Head of a Lioness
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in., 3 3/8 in. (169 grams total, lion: 25 mm, 93 mm high including stand).
Modelled in the round with short muzzle and ears laid flat, incised detailing to the eyes and whiskers; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceAcquired on the American (?) art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 1201
Western Asiatic Bronze Head of a Lioness
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Cream Stone Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed mainly of oblate beads; restrung. 11.8 grams, 38 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Bactrian Copper Standing Zebu
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Standing with head raised, dewlap to the chin and chest, angled hump behind the shoulders; mounted on a custom-made stand. 215 grams, 11.1 cm wide (351 grams total, 11.7 cm including stand)
Acquired before 1972. with a London, UK gallery. Private collection, UK. -
Old Babylonian Alabaster Vessel with Recumbent Lamassu
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Deep elongated vessel, carved with an image of a reclining Lamassu on one side, the hind legs and the right front leg tucked beneath the body, the left front leg raised on the side of the head, the head modelled in the half-round with a characteristic long beard and hair framing the face; accompanied by a display stand. 781 grams, 19.5 cm (1.12 kg total including stand)
From an important London-Geneva collection, formed before 1988, by family descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13371-258817.
The Lamassu was a protective deity related to several Mesopotamian civilisations (Assyrian in particular, where it was represented as a winged bull-man). They were considered beneficial and protective spirits, guardians of the doors with an apotropaic function, destined to ward off dark or hostile forces.
