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LOT 1410
Western Asiatic Hittite Standing Statuette Top
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4" (16 grams, 30 mm).
With pinched facial features, holding a bowl in the right hand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Dutch gentleman; formerly in an old collection formed in the 1970s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 1410
Western Asiatic Hittite Standing Statuette Top
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Including barbed, barbed-and-tanged leaf-shaped and other types. 125 grams total, 40-75 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Anatolian Black Stone Idol
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Carved in the half-round with hatched detailing to the tunic and belt, discoid head with reserved annulet eyes and trapezoidal nose, lateral stub ears. 156 grams, 10.1 cm
Ex Swiss collection, 1980s. Private collection, 1994. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12874-241677. -
Hittite Silvered Bronze Domed Stamp Seal with Hieroglyphs
Circa 1500-1300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Plano-convex in profile with gusset to the rim; underside: central panel with geometric design, hieroglyphic text to the border; obverse: central tondo with hieroglyphs, beaded ring and geometric border; transverse piercing; an important piece. 13.4 grams, 23 mm
From a London, UK, private collection.
The so-called 'Hittite hieroglyphs' encode texts in the Luwian language of Asia Minor. Hieroglyphic Luwian is a native script, also known as 'Anatolian hieroglyphs', which was used on official or royal seals and a few monumental inscriptions.
