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LOT 0229
Western Asiatic Bronze Openwork Door Fittings
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
7 7/8 - 8 in. (12 in.) (1.03 kg total, 20-20.5 cm wide (1.5 kg total, 30.5 cm high each including stand)).
Each discoid in plan with decoratively notched circumference, ogival centre with pierced ornament, concentric bands of incised annulets, chevrons and other geometric forms; each accompanied by a custom-made display stand. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1970s.
From a UK private collection, 1981.
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Western Asiatic Stone Mace Head
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Tel Brak Type Alabaster Eye Idol
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Anthropomorphic eye idol, possibly of figurative female form, carved with a bell-shaped body, two 'breasts', remains of openwork 'eyes' above. 33.5 grams, 43 mm
Acquired 1969-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
A classic artefact type from ancient Mesopotamia. Likely hand-carved using drills and string cutting. Eye idols were so named in the 1930s by the British archaeologist Max Mallowan. Whilst excavating a mound called Tel Brak, he discovered hundreds of anthropomorphic items of similar form, thus naming the mound 'Temple of the Eyes'.
