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LOT 1548
Western Asiatic Inscribed Bronze Ring Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
3/4 - 7/8 in. (6.06 grams total, 18-23 mm).
Comprising three rings with slender hoops and bezels with incised inscription. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Bull Rider
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £278
Showing a man on a standing bull, grabbing the hair of a captive with his right hand. 84 grams, 51 mm high
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 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.
The statuette can represent the god storm Hazor, a storm deity with lunar traits. The association between a bull and storm deities is well known on Anatolian sealings from 20th-19th century B.C. The portrayal of a god standing on a bull in conjunction with lunar symbols derived from Old Babylonian cult, where the bull was connected with the Moon as a goddess, and continued in the Near East in association with the god Hazor, identified with El, head of the Canaanite pantheon. -
Western Asiatic Bone Idol Group
2nd century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: figure of plano-convex section with hatched detailing; square-section bar with ring-and-dot motifs. 13.63 grams, 65.84-75.34 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Comprising: hero with spear flanked by animals; gryphon fleeing with objects in the field; zigzag on a barred field; starburst and plant motifs; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 15.7 grams total, 15.5-27.3 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
