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LOT 1637
Western Asiatic Bronze Votive Figure
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/5 in. (30.2 grams, 58 mm).
Modelled with a flat rectangular body, short coiled arms, discoid head with triangular nose, downturned mouth and circular eyes.
ProvenanceLondon gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
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LOT 1637
Western Asiatic Bronze Votive Figure
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£75 (EUR 87; USD 101) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Green Stone Amulet with Galloping Animals
700-600 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fusiform in plan and plano-convex in section with incuse design of two ibexes; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.94 grams, 16 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Silver Temple Ring with Turquoise Cabochon
Circa 10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
'Architectural' type with plain shank, square-section bezel with vertical filigree frame to each face, domed roof and cell with inset turquoise stud. 4.02 grams, 30.77 mm overall, 15.21 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Rhyton in the Form of a Boot
Late 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £825
With rich bichrome ornamentation in black and beige bordered by a red line, pointed tip with a small pouring hole on the underside; funicular upper section decorated with red ornamentation of a stylised bird surrounded by an arcade with reserved circles on each side; band of reserved circles above at the rim; bootleg and heel partly restored, interior encrusted. 475 grams, 20 cm long
Ex Elie Borowski, Basel, March 1975. From the collection of Italian palaeontologist and Scholar Giancarlo Ligabue (1931-2015).
