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West Asian bronze antelope
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Pre AD 1000 item# 824147 (stock#M29)
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Helios Gallery
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UK Pounds - £160.00
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A small but fine quality votive cast bronze figure of an antelope.
This is a wonderful example of the Near Eastern abstract simplification of animal and human forms which was highly influential in the development of Greek Geometric Period art.
Syria or Anatolia, c. 800-600 BC
Size: 3.1 x 2.8 cms
Intact, covered in a fine light green tactile patina
Ex. private collection, The Netherlands. Acquired 1970's.
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Mesopotamian stone seal
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Pre AD 1000 item# 821850 (stock#W4)
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UK Pounds £40
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A button-shaped grey/green stone stamp seal decorated with an abstract pattern.
Mesopotamia, 5th or 4th Millennium BC
Extensively worn, the suspension hole on the back has almost entirely eroded.
Size: 2.7 x 0.9 cms.
Ex. Astarte Gallery, London, W1. Acquired 1980's.
This item is offered in accordance with international and national laws regulating the trade in Iraqi cultural goods and has been cleared for sale by the British Museum.
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Near Eastern bronze "falconry" pendant
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Pre AD 1000 item# 814977 (stock#W1)
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Helios Gallery
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UK Pounds - £100
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A solid cast bronze pendant in the form of a bird wearing a collar.
The presence of a collar suggests that the bird must be tamed, possibly indicating that this is a rare early depiction of a trained bird of prey as is used for hunting and sport across much of the Middle East.
Near East, 1st Millennium BC
One leg and most of the suspension loop have been lost
Size: 2.8 x 2.4 cms.
Ex. private collection, The Netherlands. Acquired 1970's.
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Luristan zoomorphic bronze cloak pin
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Pre AD 1000 item# 814975 (stock#W7)
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Helios Gallery
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UK Pounds - £145.00
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A bronze cloak pin with an elaborate decorated terminal depicting the heads and fore-parts of a pair of goats with spiral horns, arranged in a janiform position.
North West Iran, Luristan culture, c. 1200 - 800 BC
A modern pin connects the decorated terminal to the body of the pin, and although both sections are ancient and contemporaneous they probably originate from two different but very similar items.
Size: 21.3 x 3.6 cms.
Ex. private collection, The Netherlands. Acquired 1970's.
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