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LOT 1306
Western Asiatic Terracotta Figurine of a Bird
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 5/8 in. (66 grams, 91 mm).
Rendered hollow as an aryballos with a funnel-shaped body on a stemmed foot; lateral projecting wings, forked tail feathers, bent neck with pouring hole; head absent, one wing reattached; old collector's label 'N2187' to base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London art market, 2002.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00103133.
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.
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Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £520
A mixed group of small beads and pendants, some with granulation. 5.95 grams total, 2-9 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. 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. -
Luristan Bronze Bowl
13th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Broad and shallow with rounded base. 202 grams, 17.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. 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. -
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
1200-1100 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With ovate blade, central rib and curved shoulders, the lozenge-section long shaft tapering towards the end, rectangular tang with bent tip. 267 grams, 34.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. 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 spearhead represents a slender variant of type 1 of Khorasani classification. The type 1 was characterised by the bent tang. It was the evolution of a typology which began much earlier in Mesopotamia and the fertile crescent, the type 4 of the Stronach classification, with straight tang and square section, usually thickened at the base with a button tang.
