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LOT 1076
Western Asiatic Terracotta Mount with Beast
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
3 in. (183 grams, 76 mm wide).
A thick tongue-shaped plaque with a raised figure of a large mythical beast attacking a standing figure within a thick border; pierced twice through the upper edge. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
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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Bactrian Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £130
Restrung assemblage composed of variously shaped beads, some amuletic; central feature a bifacial fly-shaped pendant. 89 grams, 56 cm
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s. 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. -
Mesopotamian Banded Agate Cylinder Seal
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
With incuse rearing ibex and altar; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.35 grams, 22.5 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.) 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. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
19th - 2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Including triangular, leaf-shaped, barbed, paddle-shaped arrowheads with a flat, comparatively wide mid-rib, and others. 271 grams total, 5.8-10.7 cm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. 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.
Some of the represented arrowheads (paddle-shaped) were typical of the Old Babylonian Empire. The shoulders were pronounced and the arrowhead had a rectangular-section tapering tang. This simple form was popular throughout and are comparatively common finds in the Holy Land.
