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LOT 1309
Western Asiatic Bronze Zoomorphic Bell
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (189 grams, 83 mm wide).
Hollow-formed as a beast-head, conical in plan with open muzzle flanked by tusks, raised almond-shaped eyes and bridle bands, segmented band to the brow, two lateral curved horns; rear face with two birds and loop above the aperture.
ProvenanceEx London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
13th-9th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £152
Comprising large triangular and leaf-shaped types with one barbed example. 225 grams total, 94 - 158 mm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
One series of arrowheads seem to belong to the category of lanceolate head and rounded shoulders from the category Type V, i.e. triangular arrowheads with rounded or angular midrib. Some other arrowheads seem to be a subcategory of subtype A of Khorasani but longer. -
Bactrian Bronze Zebu Statuette
2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Modelled in the round and hollow to the underside with loop behind the hump. 138 grams, 80 mm
UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman. -
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Mesopotamian Banded Agate Cylinder Seal
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
With incuse rearing ibex and altar; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.35 grams, 22.5 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
