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LOT 1224
Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol Collection
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/4 - 5 1/8 in. (642 grams total, 9.5-13 cm including stand).
Mixed group including one with hands pressed together, one with arms spread wide and other types. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 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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Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Mainly tubular, square-section and fusiform types. 30 grams, 41 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Ceramic Ibex Rhyton
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
With trumpet-shaped mouth, ibex-shaped finial with curved horns and legs folded beneath the body, spout to the chest; repaired. 803 grams, 30 cm
with a London, UK gallery 1971. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report and photograph by Oxford Authentication with sample no.281y94 dated 16 June 1981. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12068-213298. -
Bactrian Stone Idol
Circa 2nd millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £130
Carved alabaster with Y-shaped groove to the obverse, collector's label to the underside. 148 grams, 58 mm
Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.