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LOT 1312
Western Asiatic Stone Artefact Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
2 - 3 1/4 in. (876 grams total, 49-85 mm).
Including pierced stone weights, a flint scraper and other items. [8, 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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Sumerian Jemdet Nasr Type Stone Boar Amulet
Late 4th-early 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
With a crescentic polished body, head with drilled eyes and slit mouth, pierced through the raised median collar. 11.2 grams, 56 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Hittite Terracotta Fertility Idol
Circa 12th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
D-shaped in section with applied headdress, rosette earrings, collar, breasts, footwear. 141 grams, 17.2 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. London, UK, collection. -
Anatolian Stone Stamp Seal with Hunting Scene
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Carved in the round crouching lion with head slightly turned, on a rectangular base; intaglio beast-tamer scene to underside with running human figure wielding a knife, leaping gazelle above a pouncing lion, objects in the field. 12.7 grams, 24 mm
From the collection of Mr S.M., London, UK, formed from 1979-1999.
