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LOT 1223
Western Asiatic Engraved Bronze Ring
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (20.25 grams, 31.80 mm overall, 20.12 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
Sturdy D-section hoop with stepped shoulders and hexagonal rosette bezel with bands of incised pseudo-text. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 551, for type.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Sitting Statuette of a Demon
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Modelled sitting erect with left hand placed flat against his back; triangular head with low-relief eyes and mouth, knop ears and pointed chin; seated with erect penis on a low stool with everted feet; mounted on a custom-made stand. 77.3 grams total, 76 mm including stand
From 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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Early Bronze Age, 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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From a family collection pre 1988.
