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LOT 1163
Western Asiatic Red Standstone Fragment Group
CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (4.79 kg total, 18 cm each).
Comprising two carved architectural fragments: a plaque with reserved foliage, and a corbel with leaves and tendrils. [2, 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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Amorite Terracotta Animal
1800-1600 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Modelled in the round with halter to the chest, strap to the brow and saddle with two lateral containers and straps. 88 grams, 85 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
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South Arabian Alabaster Male Head
Late 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
Carved in the round with deep-set eyes and broad aquiline nose; hair and short beard modelled with stippled surface; slender neck; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.17 kg total, 18 cm high including stand
Formerly private European collection. with Christie's, New York, 7 December 1995, no.116. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12262-222127. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Monkey Figurine Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Each a simian with exaggerated eyes, mounted on a stand. 428 grams total, 8.2-10.3 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.
