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Creamy-white annular panel, domed in section, cut from a shell plate. 36.7 grams, 89 mm



Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.

Ovoid body with flat base and narrow neck, a round-section handle to the rear. 360 grams, 22.5 cm



From an important specialist collection, London, UK, 1990s.

Comprising: band of geometric figures (birds?) within borders of broken lines; frieze of standing birds each with head turned on a long neck and one wing extended; frieze of zoomorphs one with four thin legs and Y-shaped body, the other smaller with horns; frieze of perching birds each with one wing extended, the first with head turned towards the second, within ruled borders; fragment with robed figure extending one arm towards a second figure in mantle and ankle-length robe; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 26.3 grams total, 20-26 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Comprising four heads with applied and impressed details, and a crescentic disc with raised decoration. 125 grams total, 38-68 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Composed of small oblate and other beads interspersed with larger discoid and rectangular beads, the central feature composed of larger beads, restrung. 18 grams, 29 cm



Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection.

Frieze depicting a kneeling figure in segmented kilt facing a figure with one arm raised standing back-to-back with a similar figure in a flounced knee-length garment; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.36 grams, 10 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Conical body with the larger end featuring a standing deer before a small tree, the other end with linear motifs, possibly an inscription. 24.1 grams, 21 mm



UK private collection, acquired on the English market in the 2000s.

Thick section with a band of impressed advancing animals. 58.4 grams, 83 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Opaque seal with a lion cub, a woman with raised arms, seven stars depicting the Pleiades, and a reclining gazelle; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 7.53 grams, 22 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue slip with collection no.81.

A small seal with two capricorns and the Pleiades; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.85 grams, 14 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue slip with collection no.84.

Modelled in the half-round; D-shaped in section with applied black pigment detailing to hair and midriff; some iridescence. 23.2 grams, 92 mm



Ex private collection, London, UK, 1969-1999.

Modelled with a thin, tubular body and elongated, splayed legs, a short neck supporting an elongated head with bulbous eyes and curving horns, a tubular projection above the rump. 20.9 grams, 51 mm



Ex Abelita collection, 1990s.