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LOT 0219
Western Asiatic Bronze Standing Idol
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/2 in. (310 grams total, 19 cm including stand).
Modelled in the round as a columnar figure with curved stub arms and pointed headdress; mounted on a custom-made display 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.
See Chausidis, N., Luristan Standards, iconography semiotics and purpose, Skopje, 2022, fig. H20, for similar statuettes.
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Akkadian Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Inscription
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With figural panel depicting a standing male in short tunic with fronds extending from his shoulders facing a female in a tiered robe standing beside a tree; to her rear, a second figure in floor-length garment holding staves, objects in the field; two and a half columns of cuneiform text; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 10.7 grams, 25 mm
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. -
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Fertility Figure
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Flat-section figurine with elaborate pierced headdress, applied annular eyes and navel, pinched nose, applied segmented collar and pointillé detailing to the hips; mounted on a custom-made stand. 169 grams total, 18 cm including stand
Mounted on a perspex column in the 1970s. From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999. -
Luristan Bronze Pendant Pair
13th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising a matched pair of pendants with overlapping loop finials, four ribbed stems radiating from the base, a separate pendant of similar form hanging from the loop. 49 grams total, 57-61 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
