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LOT 0219
Western Asiatic Bronze Ram-Shaped Kohl Vessel
CIRCA 1500 B.C.
4 1/2 in. (425 grams, 11.4 cm).
Modelled as a stylised ram with stocky body and short legs, exaggerated head with curving horns and large ears, tubular mouth with remains of the applicator closing the opening.
ProvenancePrivate collection Dr Rudolf and Leonora Blum, Zumikon, Switzerland.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
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LOT 0219
Western Asiatic Bronze Ram-Shaped Kohl Vessel
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Woman
6th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Large female head with angular nose with straight ridge, rounded cheeks and chin, large sockets for inlaid eyes with rounded depressions in the centre of the eyes, grooved eyebrows and outlines of the eyes, the tapering neck long and cylindrical, the back left roughly tooled; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 3.66 kg total, 31.4 cm including stand
UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman.
This finely carved calcite-alabaster head was originally set within a stela and inscribed with the name of the deceased. Six hundred of these funerary stelae were discovered in localities like Mārib, and other examples were later found during the excavations of the Awwam temple cemetery. -
Monumental Western Asiatic Pottery Jar
Circa 3000 B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Comprising a sharply tapering lower body, parallel-sided upper body and rounded rim; decorated in dark brown with thirteen square panels with central saltire on a hatched field; repaired. 17 kg, 64 cm high
with Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK, 1974. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12972-245238. -
Western Asiatic Painted Channel Spouted Terracotta Vessel
8th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With basal ring, bulbous body, loop handle and long pouring lip with strainer and thumb-pad; hatched and scrolled painted decoration. 292 grams, 17.7 cm
UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman.
