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LOT 1101
Western Asiatic Terracotta Votive Idol Group
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/8 - 4 5/8 in. (210 grams total, 10.5-11.8 cm including stand).
Comprising: columnar figure with arms raised; similar with stub arms and applied mouth and ears; tabular figure with hands held before the chest gripping a disc, perhaps a patera; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired 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 Veined Marble Weight
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Conical in profile with flat base and U-shaped channel through the apex. 9.35 kg, 18 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Luristan Zoomorphic Pin Finial
8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
With complex finial incorporating the foreparts of an ibex surmounted by a winged gryphon with cow-horns and coiled disc between the neck and arched wing. 118 grams, 21.5 cm
Acquired in 1967. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Sassanian Chalcedony Hair Ring with Gayomard Figure
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Barrel-shaped with broad central hole; engraved to the outer face with a 'Gayomard' figure holding spears in his extended hands; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 23.5 grams, 30 mm
with Christie's, London, 21 April 1999, no.11. From the 'Empire' collection, an important UK private collection of seals, no.19 Accompanied by a copy of an old typed cataloguing page signed by A D H Bivar. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12127-217086.
