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LOT 1258
Western Asiatic Bronze Warrior Statuette
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (45.8 grams total, 75 mm including stand).
Modelled standing erect with arms extended forwards, with straps and breastplates, belt and other details; 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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Western Asiatic Bronze Scalloped Dagger Pommel
10th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Discoid in plan with radiating cells hollowed to accept enamel; raised centre with reserved calligraphic text. 8.57 grams, 28 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Large Iranian Ceramic Plate with Enthroned Nobleman
Early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
With running foliage border enclosing a scene with a bearded nobleman sitting on a four-legged throne with lion-head finials and flanked by two attendants; flowers and other details in the field. 1.24 kg, 34.1 cm wide
Ex private collection, Belgium. with d'Arts d'Orient et Orientalisme, Paris, France, 1 June 2015, no.73. Ex Weber Kunsthandel, Cologne, Germany, 2015. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12131-218137. -
Bactrian Bronze Kohl Pot with Three Ibexes
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Miniature vessel with bulbous body and trumpet-shaped neck and mouth, three radiating ram-heads to the shoulder. 94.2 grams, 51 mm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. London, UK, collection.
