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LOT 1244
Western Asiatic Pale Agate and Gold Bead Necklace
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
19 3/4 in. (42.9 grams, 50 cm).
Restrung group of graduated tabular beads.
ProvenanceFrom a London gentleman's collection, 1995.
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LOT 1244
Western Asiatic Pale Agate and Gold Bead Necklace
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Bronze Bifacial Pendant with Inscription
12th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Teardrop-shaped with integral loop, obverse with lobed plant motif, reverse with seven lines of Arabic script. 12.7 grams, 51 mm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Bull Rider
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
Showing a man on a standing bull, grabbing the hair of a captive with his right hand. 84 grams, 51 mm high
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. 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.
The statuette can represent the god storm Hazor, a storm deity with lunar traits. The association between a bull and storm deities is well known on Anatolian sealings from 20th-19th century B.C. The portrayal of a god standing on a bull in conjunction with lunar symbols derived from Old Babylonian cult, where the bull was connected with the Moon as a goddess, and continued in the Near East in association with the god Hazor, identified with El, head of the Canaanite pantheon. -
Mesopotamian Winged Figure of the God Pazuzu
8th century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Modelled in the round with spread wings and snarling facial expression; ferrous mounting spike below. 225 grams, 11 cm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13143-248314.
