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LOT 0201
Western Asiatic Stone Cow Suckling Calf Statuette
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/4 in. (447 grams, 13.5 cm wide).
A free-standing stone figure of a horned cow suckling a calf, modelled in the round and using openwork technique, the cow's head turned to face the calf suckling at its underbelly, a fierce expression on its face, tail forming a loop; stylised anatomical detailing and recessed eye to both creatures; tail repaired.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1980.
Ex Richmond family collection.
Thence by descent.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 64.37.3, for a very similar figure.
FootnotesAlternatively, this piece may represent a hound or wolf attacking a cow's soft underbelly.
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LOT 0201
Western Asiatic Stone Cow Suckling Calf Statuette
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Stone Cow Suckling Calf Statuette
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
A free-standing stone figure of a horned cow suckling a calf, modelled in the round and using openwork technique, the cow's head turned to face the calf suckling at its underbelly, a fierce expression on its face, tail forming a loop; stylised anatomical detailing and recessed eye to both creatures; tail repaired. 447 grams, 13.5 cm wide
Acquired before 1980. Ex Richmond family collection. Thence by descent.
Alternatively, this piece may represent a hound or wolf attacking a cow's soft underbelly. -
Western Asiatic Bichrome Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A bulbous ceramic vessel with trumpet-style neck and rim, bichrome decorative design incorporating plain circumferential bands of varying width, with concentric roundels to the equator, repaired. 366 grams, 15.2 cm high
Acquired 1990s. English private collection. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Pre-Achaemenid Silver Phiale Mesomphalos
5th-4th century B.C. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
A large silver dish with carinated everted rim, repoussé central boss and piriform panels, fluted surround with lotus plant motif; some restoration. 904 grams, 29.5 cm wide
From an important North London collection, formed 1980. UK private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11641-197739.
