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LOT 1252
Western Asiatic Painted Channel Spouted Terracotta Vessel
8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (292 grams, 17.7 cm).
With basal ring, bulbous body, loop handle and long pouring lip with strainer and thumb-pad; hatched and scrolled painted decoration.
ProvenanceUK collection, 1990s.
Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000.
Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman.
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LOT 1252
Western Asiatic Painted Channel Spouted Terracotta Vessel
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Large Amlash Terracotta Vessel
Early 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £864
Of zoomorphic form, with a globular body, u-section spout and loop handle to the rear. 846 grams, 30 cm wide
Acquired before 1978. Private collection, UK. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125e39 from Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12703-235149. -
Large Western Asiatic Bronze Figure of a Bull
Circa 10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,296
A heavy example modelled in the round with slender, elongated trunk, thick neck and prominent horns, vestigial ears below; Anatolian workmanship. 1.32 kg, 19.2 cm
with Christie's, New York, 8 June 2001, no.363. Private collection, Europe. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. 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 a search certificate number no.12414-226675.
Bulls with raised horns have been found in central Anatolian royal burials. Among the sacred animals found in the royal graves of Alacahöyük, the bull and the deer are always present. This simplified figure of a young and spritely standing bull recalls the Baltimore bull and the other two examples in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Images of bulls were mounted on standards, used in battlefields or in religious processions, or as in the royal graves of Alacahöyük, they were used to decorate cult furniture or shrines. -
Amlash Painted Terracotta Vessel with Spout
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With rounded body and narrow base, tubular spout with everted rim; the body with intersecting linear decoration. 252 grams, 14.6 cm
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.