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LOT 0246
Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol
2250-2000 B.C.
6 3/4 in. (103 grams, 17.2 cm).
Modelled with a pinched, bird-like head and face with large circular eyes, two ornamental collars and wearing a headdress, stub arms and splayed foot; repaired.
ProvenancePrivate Swiss collection.
Private collection, Europe.
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Bactrian Bronze Stamp Seal
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed as three nude male figures each with one hand to the mouth and the other covering the anus; with vertical bar handle and ring finial. 99 grams, 54 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Ladle
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising a deep D-shaped bowl. slender handle with ribbed detailing, curved finial with transverse segmentation and standing bovine figure finial detached. 289 grams total, 9.5-32 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Chalcedony Bead with Aramaic Inscriptions
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Scaraboid in profile, angular inscription to underside; chipped. 3.6 grams, 19 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
