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LOT 1250
Western Asiatic Bronze Ram Statuette
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 in. (31.6 grams total, 50 mm including stand).
Modelled in the round with fur texture detailing, large curved horns, small lentoid eyes; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Large Uruk Period Black Stone Bull Figure
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,550
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Western Asiatic Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Restrung designer necklace with two central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. 16.6 grams, 35 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands. -
South Arabian Terracotta Face Stele
Mid-late 1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £286
Rectangular in profile and plano-convex in section with applied triangular nose and pinched eyes; part of socket to reverse at lower end. 1.82 kg, 34.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
