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LOT 1236
Western Asiatic Silver and Bronze Ring Collection
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (20 grams total, 21-24 mm).
Including one with scaphoid bezel and intaglio figure, one with voided cross, and other types. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Jordanian Terracotta Dish
Early Bronze Age, 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Broad dish or bowl with carianted profile, thick rim, three radiating pelleted handles at the shoulder. 1.26 kg, 27.5 cm wide
From a family collection pre 1988. -
Amlash Bronze Mother and Child Figure
Mid 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Formed as a standing figure cradling an infant, stylised facial and anatomical detailing; suspension loop to reverse; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 28 grams, 66 mm (39 grams total, 73 mm including stand)
Fine condition.
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. -
Syro-Hittite Bronze Female Idol
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Modelled in the round standing figure with pinched facial features, transverse collar, applied breasts, arms bent forward, legs close together. 17.7 grams, 83 mm
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
The Syro-Hittite states rose to prominence in northern Syria and southern Anatolia (modern Turkey) following the collapse of the Hittite Empire, during which time many such figures were produced and widely distributed for domestic use. Such figures, later pejoratively referred to as 'idols', depicted deities often carrying or standing with animals. The present figure's arms are positioned as if holding a lamb or other small animal.
