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LOT 0534
Western Asiatic Carnelian Ring Collection
15TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 1 1/8 in. (4.33 grams total, 21-30 mm).
Comprising: a lozenge-shaped ring with a triangular raised extension with serrated edges; a D-section hoop with a raised facetted bezel and a central boss. [2]
ProvenanceEx Carl Leonhard Burckhardt-Reinhard (1902-1965), formed since 1922, Egypt.
Inherited by his son, Christopher Burckhardt, in 1966, Switzerland.
Since then in the possession of his wife, Switzerland.
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LOT 0534
Western Asiatic Carnelian Ring Collection
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£45 (EUR 52; USD 61) ‡+BP*
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Western Asiatic Alabaster Standing Bull
Sabaean, 3rd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Carved in the round with integral rectangular base; of sturdy build with thick shoulders, rump and legs; latticed hair texture to the brow. 1.14 kg, 14 cm wide
Mrs Janssens, Belgium, formed during the 1970s. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12980-245246.
In Sabaean religion, the bull signalled strength, fertility, and divine protection, and is often linked by scholarship with the moon-god Almaqah, the principal deity of the kingdom. Small alabaster figures of this type were likely set up as temple offerings or served as fittings within cultic furnishings; flat undersides or discreet mounting points on some examples suggest attachment to a larger ensemble. -
Levantine Pilgrim's Flask with Cross Motifs
Circa 5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Rounded body with a short tubular neck and two loop handles, a cross motif and annulets on boths sides. 28.3 grams, 74 mm
Mayfair gallery, early 1990s. Ex North American gentleman collection. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Handled Jar
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Biconical in profile with stub feet, broad shoulder with pierced lugs, low rim to the mouth. 270 grams, 12.3 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
