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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
Auction Highlights:
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.jpg "Neo-Assyrian Bronze Horse Trapping with Eagle-Headed God Nisroch and Winged Supernatural Figures")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,450
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,050
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,400
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Featuring three vertical grooves separating the seal into three separate panels, each drilled with a female figure seated beside pots; drilled vertically for suspension. 15.7 grams, 22 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising: a pillow-shaped carnelian amulet pierced through the notched upper edge, hatched panels to both faces; a triangular-section stamp seal displaying ring-and-dot motifs and a possible animal figure; a plano-convex stamp seal bearing a geometric motif; a square-shaped lapis lazuli amulet engraved with a horned quadruped standing right. 19.4 grams total, 12-24 mm
Collected since the 1970s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
Collected since the 1970s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Carved figure of a recumbent bull with headed turned, drilled eyes, legs folded beneath the body; drilled at the midriff and shoulders for use as a bead. 12.7 grams, 32 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. A Peaceable Kingdom/ The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, Christie's London, 2004, item 170, for a later example.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. A Peaceable Kingdom/ The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, Christie's London, 2004, item 170, for a later example.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Steatite or talc with two columns of cuneiform text, un-drilled: -num, son of Ad-da-al(?)-a/za(?); possibly unfinished. 6.06 grams, 30 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.083.
London collection, 2016.
See Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, for discussion.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.083.
London collection, 2016.
See Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, for discussion.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Piriform with slightly dimpled base, trumpet-shaped neck with everted rim, the body with raised spikes. 32 grams, 90 mm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
With globular body, narrow base, broad flared rim with lip. 528 grams, 9.5 cm high
Ex M. Braham, and Lord McAlpine collections, 1980-1990.
Ex M. Braham, and Lord McAlpine collections, 1980-1990.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Of rounded, conical form and bearing a spiralling pseudo-Aramaic incantation to the bowl interior. 260 grams, 15.5 cm wide
From a collection of pottery formed in the 1970-1980s.
Cf. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, accession number: 80.001.0001.
Aramaic incantation bowls are particular to the Sassanian period and have been found in the regions of modern Iraq. These simple ceramic bowls, also known as magic bowls, each contain an Aramaic inscription, written in ink, which spirals from the centre. The bowls seem to have played an important part in domestic life. For example, during excavation in Nippur in 1889, one or more incantation bowls were found in each house together with domestic artefacts, most often in doorways or under floorboards in the corner of rooms. The bowls are predominantly apotropaic, and the inscriptions tend to protect their owners from misfortunes such as child-birth, illness and evil spirits.
From a collection of pottery formed in the 1970-1980s.
Cf. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, accession number: 80.001.0001.
Aramaic incantation bowls are particular to the Sassanian period and have been found in the regions of modern Iraq. These simple ceramic bowls, also known as magic bowls, each contain an Aramaic inscription, written in ink, which spirals from the centre. The bowls seem to have played an important part in domestic life. For example, during excavation in Nippur in 1889, one or more incantation bowls were found in each house together with domestic artefacts, most often in doorways or under floorboards in the corner of rooms. The bowls are predominantly apotropaic, and the inscriptions tend to protect their owners from misfortunes such as child-birth, illness and evil spirits.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
With large central hole, incised frieze of a seated figure offering a cup to a figure in floor-length garment, second figure behind him in a tiered robe, canine and scorpion to the rear. 17 grams, 31 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.04.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 98, for type.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.04.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 98, for type.
Composed of a round-section body tapering towards the bezel where the arms overlap and coil decoratively around the opposite arm. 296 grams, 16 cm wide
UK private collection before 2000.
UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
UK private collection before 2000.
UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
With incised design of interlaced parallel bands. 506 grams, 33 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.071.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 25, for type.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.071.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 25, for type.
With block of twenty lines of cursive Naskh script in black ink with red sub-headings and underlining; numeral to the head of each side; marginal topic indicator. 104 grams, 30.5 x 23 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Group of sixteen paper leaves from a religious treatise, each comprising a block of twenty lines of Naskh script in black in with red sub-headings and highlighting, many framed by a large amount of handwritten marginal notation on various alignments with insertion points and references; probably from North Africa. 89 grams, 22.5 x 14.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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