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LOT 1119
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Two-Handled Flask
1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
8 5/8 in. (1.06 kg, 22 cm high).
Globular in profile with painted central roundel and concentric geometric rings to each face, loop handles to the shoulders and flared neck; repaired. [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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LOT 1119
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Two-Handled Flask
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Western Asiatic Bronze Spearhead
19th century B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £130
With short ridged and tapered foliate blade, collared shaft and a square-section tapered tang bent at the tip. 190 grams, 33.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
A spearhead with stemmed tip was in use during the 3rd to first half of the 2nd millennium, in the Near and Middle East, in India, the Caucasus and Central Asia, and the main types developed in Mesopotamia in the middle of the 3rd millennium B.C. A facetted blade on a three-dimensional pin with a leaf-shaped blade on a flat handle, sometimes with holes for rivets, spread practically unchanged to the Caucasus and Bactria. -
Urartian Bronze Recumbent Bull
8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Hollow-formed figure of a bull resting with its legs folded beneath its body, head turned; on a stepped rectangular base. 485 grams, 11.4 cm
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), thence by descent. Ex Galerie Dominique Thirion, Brussels, Belgium. Private collection of Mr K.A. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12411-225769. -
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Statuette
Late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Flat-section body with flared base, columnar neck supporting a bulbous head; annular final to crown of head, applied facial features and hatched collar, arms bent and hands cupping the breasts; old collector's label 'I-30'. 124 grams, 17 cm
From the collection of Mr S.M., London, UK, formed from 1969-1999.
