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LOT 1332
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 1/4 in. (5.07 grams total, 1-6 mm).
Including oblate, annular, barrel-shaped and other types, some with applied granulation. [75]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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Bactrian Ritual Stone Idol
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Round-section columnar bar with tapering ends, pecked texturing. 4.6 kg, 46 cm
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. -
Late Babylonian Alabaster Cylinder Seal with Winged King
Circa 1000-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Carved with a contest scene comprising two winged male figures attacking a rearing bull-headed winged beast; the figure before the beast gripping its front leg and holding a sceptre, one foot placed on the corpse of a goat or a ram; the figure behind holding a sceptre and a raised club or khopesh in the act of striking the beast from behind; possibly some re-engraving. 20.9 grams, 40 mm
Ex property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous typed cataloguing card. -
Hittite Terracotta Fertility Idol
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £121
With conical base, stub arms, pinched head, impressed eyes and collar. 19 grams, 70 mm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. London, UK, collection.
