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LOT 1113
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 5/8 in. (8.32 grams total, 1-14 mm).
Including spherical, tubular, biconvex and other types, some with granule detailing. [96]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s-2000s.
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LOT 1113
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Syro-Levantine Bronze Standing Statuette
Circa 13th-11th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Modelled in the round male figure wearing a knee-length kilt with hem and waistband; in advancing pose with left leg extended; the neck long, face with pinched detailing and deep sockets to the eyes (to accept inlays); conical cap with flattened apex; the shoulders modelled with shallow sockets to accept separate arms; mounting lug beneath left foot; mounted on a custom-made stand. 108 grams total, 12.7 cm 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. -
Western Asiatic Glass Weight
11th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Discoid with three lines of impressed text. 1.51 grams, 17 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Black Stone Macehead
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With plain globular body, circular short shaft expanding to a circular flat base. 435 grams, 81 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
The mace in the Middle East was of great importance, and widely used in fighting activities at the end of the 4th millennium B.C. Many maces of simple spherical or pear-shaped profile have been found there, and they were quickly utilised by the military commanders as symbol of power and rank; limestone maces are still attested in the Marlik culture of 14th-10th century B.C.
