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LOT 1341
Western Asiatic Mosaic and Other Glass Bead Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 7/8 in. (67 grams total, 11-21 mm).
Comprising: two blue, red, and white mosaic beads; two with eye motifs; three with dragged white trails and applied pellets; three oblate with polychrome motifs. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1979-1999.
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.
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LOT 1341
Western Asiatic Mosaic and Other Glass Bead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Western Asiatic Style Gemstone with Inscribed Sun and Lion
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Polished carnelian plaque with incised Šir-o Xoršid symbol of the Iranian state. 21.3 grams, 77 mm
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Amlash Terracotta Net-Painted Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Rounded body with two round-section handles on the shoulder, short neck and everted rim; painted net decoration on the upper body. 308 grams, 11.2 cm
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. 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. -
Early Bronze Age Silver Idol
Circa 2800-2100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
With round female body and short neck, depicted armless, perforated with two parallel holes at the top for suspension; the edges and the centre embossed with dots. 6.87 grams, 63 mm
From a private family collection formed since the early 19th century, thence by descent. Property of a New Zealand legal professional. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12319-223722. 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.
These idols have a broad chronological and spatial range, with late variants known from Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age burial contexts in central Europe and Western Asia. Some of these idols have round bodies, and heads in the form of tabs. They developed from the earlier stone idols, leading to the representation of the human form becoming even more stylised when crafted in silver or copper.