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LOT 1190
Western Asiatic Mixed Bronze Artefact Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
5/8 - 4 in. (177 grams total, 1.7-10.1 cm).
Including a circular strap-distributor, cicada brooch, penannular bracelet and other items. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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Canaanite Double-Faced Kohl Pot
1300-1200 B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
With tapering square-section body, bulbous finial formed as two addorsed male masks, loop handle to each lateral face, trumpet-shaped mouth; with old collector's note 'double face perfume vessel / Ugarit (Ras Sharma) / date Middle Syrian Period / 1300/1200 BC / material: bronze / height: 8.5cm / Canaanite gods in metal'. 135 grams, 82 mm
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995. with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003. Property of a London based academic, 2003-present. Accompanied by an old handwritten identification note on Christie's headed paper. -
Western Asiatic and other Broken Pottery Vessel Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including a large amphora with integral loop handle, and other items. 3.1 kg total, 4-32 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Fertility Figure
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Flat-section figurine with elaborate pierced headdress, applied annular eyes and navel, pinched nose, applied segmented collar and pointillé detailing to the hips; mounted on a custom-made stand. 169 grams total, 18 cm including stand
Mounted on a perspex column in the 1970s. From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
