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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
Auction Highlights:
.jpg "Hellenistic Gold Earrings with Lapis and Mother of Pearl")
.jpg "Hellenistic Terracotta Head of a Youth")
.jpg "Neo-Assyrian Bronze Horse Trapping with Eagle-Headed God Nisroch and Winged Supernatural Figures")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,450
.jpg "Bronze Age Gold Torc-Shaped Bracelet")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,050
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,400
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Comprising eighteen banded agate beads of mixed size and form, with sixteen mixed beads in other stones; all pierced for stringing. 149 grams total, 11-39 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
An un-rolled sheet-bronze magical text bearing Aramaic text to one face. 0.51 grams, 38 mm
Collected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
Collected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising two flat-ended spatulas with twisted shafts and loop finials, and a pair of tweezers with rectangular panel either side decorated with wavy lines flanked by a punched dot border, suspension loop with ring to the apex. 15.4 grams total, 81-82 mm
Ex old English collection.
London art market, 1980s.
Ex old English collection.
London art market, 1980s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Composed of restrung cream-coloured stone, shell, glass beads of mainly tubular, annular, disc and spherical types. 16.1 grams, 46 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Comprising a quantity of small beads, in mixed shapes, colours and materials; each pierced for stringing. 88 grams total, 1-15 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Piriform-bodied with a broad neck, slender spout with zoomorphic U-section terminal, double looped handle also zoomorphic in form, featuring applied pellets. 845 grams, 26 cm wide
Ex Rabi gallery, 1990s.
Private collection of Iranian art.
Ex Rabi gallery, 1990s.
Private collection of Iranian art.
Roughly pillow-shaped in form and bearing cuneiform text to the two principal faces. 24.1 grams, 36 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992.
Thence by descent to family members.
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.
This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992.
Thence by descent to family members.
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.
This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Restrung designer necklace; composed of graduated melon and other beads. 214 grams, 78 cm long
London collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
London collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Restrung; composed of drum-shaped stone beads in various shades. 12.8 grams, 64 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Drilled vertically for suspension; engraved columns of cuneiform text alternating with human and animal figures; with the name of the owner followed by the standard pious statement 'servant of God X', the father's name of the seal owner is omitted: Shurpakir(?) servant of (the god) Shatwak. 5.91 grams, 21 mm
From an early 20th century collection, Carnavon, North Wales, UK.
The deity Shatwak is only otherwise known only as an element in one personal name in a tablet from Susa and in the 'servant of' phrase on a seal impression on tablets from Ur.
From an early 20th century collection, Carnavon, North Wales, UK.
The deity Shatwak is only otherwise known only as an element in one personal name in a tablet from Susa and in the 'servant of' phrase on a seal impression on tablets from Ur.
Formed as a bounding dog with stylised detailing to both faces; pierced for suspension. 4.24 grams, 25 mm
Gabby family collection since the late 1960s, thence by descent.
Gabby family collection since the late 1960s, thence by descent.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
With design in two registers separated by a bilinear frame; upper: antelopes fighting an leaf motif; lower: procession of figures and a scorpion. 5.53 grams, 23 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.078.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 558, for type.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.078.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 558, for type.
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