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  • Achaemenid Bronze Dish
    Achaemenid Bronze Dish
    6th-4th century B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

    Wide with carinated shoulder and everted rim, low foot. 84 grams, 12.4 cm



    Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. 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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  • Neo-Assyrian Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
    Neo-Assyrian Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
    Circa 800 B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

    Design comprising two rearing gryphons within herringbone borders; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 13.8 grams, 39 mm



    Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 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.

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  • Achaemenid Pale Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
    Achaemenid Pale Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
    6th-4th century B.C. and later

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

    A restrung designer necklace composed of alternating large and small oblate beads, central feature composed of larger beads with an annular bead below. 10.67 grams, 33.5 cm



    Ex London, UK, collection, 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.

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  • Large Western Asiatic Silver-Coloured Metal Ring with Calligraphic Gemstone
    Large Western Asiatic Silver-Coloured Metal Ring with Calligraphic Gemstone
    20th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

    Comprising a decorated hoop supporting an oval bezel set with a glass intaglio, engraved with calligraphic text on a hatched background, flowers and leaves on the field. 17.85 grams, 31.25 mm overall, 20.15 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)



    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.

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  • Sumerian White Stone Cylinder Seal
    Sumerian White Stone Cylinder Seal
    Uruk Period, circa 3000 B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

    Drum-shaped with frieze of drilled zoomorphic figures; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.85 grams, 12.28 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.

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  • Sumerian Orange Stone Amuletic Dove-Shaped Seal
    Sumerian Orange Stone Amuletic Dove-Shaped Seal
    Uruk/Jemdet Nasr Period, circa 3500-2900 B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

    Lentoid in section with scooped underside and suspension hole at apex. 8.45 grams, 33 mm



    From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. Accompanied by a description from Peter Gert Van der Veen, senior lecturer of Levantine Archaeology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz. 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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  • Western Asiatic Bronze Razor Handle
    Western Asiatic Bronze Razor Handle
    1st millennium B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

    Flat-section openwork handle formed as a loop with roundel to each end and more roundels filling the void. 72.5 grams, 69 mm



    From a private Essex collection, 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.

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  • Western Asiatic Calcite Fertility Type Figure
    Western Asiatic Calcite Fertility Type Figure
    1st millennium B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

    Rectangular in section with scooped flanges to the lower body, polyhedral head with low-relief facial detailing. 808 grams, 23 cm



    Ex collection of the late S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s. 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.

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  • Mesopotamian Style Turquoise and Lapis Bead Necklace String
    Mesopotamian Style Turquoise and Lapis Bead Necklace String
    20th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

    Group of polyhedral lapis lazuli beads with turquoise and other annular beads. 14.2 grams, 60 cm



    Ex London, UK, collection, 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.

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  • Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Necklace String
    Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Necklace String
    1st millennium B.C. and later

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

    Restrung group of tubular, melon, drum-shaped and other beads in stone and ceramic. 44 grams, 38 cm



    Ex London, UK, collection, 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.

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  • Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
    Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
    1st millennium B.C. and later

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

    Including annular, tabular, cylindrical and other beads in glass, shell, stone and ceramic. 80 grams total, 2-21 mm



    Ex London, UK, collection, 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.

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  • Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
    Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
    2nd millennium B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

    With frieze including a standing robed figure, kneeling figure, frond and other items; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.44 grams, 23.48 mm



    Acquired in the 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 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.

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